Clinical trial · Interventional
Robotic Versus Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Robotic Versus Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy for Carcinoma Esophagus: a Prospective Comparative Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Esophageal cancer is a debilitating condition. The treatment involved is complex requiring a combination of chemotherapy and surgery in most cases. Complete removal of the tumor and the adjacent lymph nodes is of utmost importance in improving the survival. Lymph node yield following surgery helps in proper staging of the disease and is an important prognosticating variable. It is hypothesized that the lymph node yield following robotic esophagectomy is higher than that following thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy. The study aims to compare the short term oncological outcomes following robotic esophagectomy and thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy for carcinoma esophagus.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esophageal Cancer | Malignant Esophageal Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robotic esophagectomy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Robotic esophagectomy
- description
- Esophagectomy performed for esophageal cancer using the da Vinci robotic surgical system
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Robotic esophagectomy
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy
- description
- Esophagectomy performed for esophageal cancer using conventional thoracoscopic and laparoscopic techniques
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Lymph node yield
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Resectable esophageal carcinoma, either squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma in the middle or lower part the esophagus Exclusion Criteria: * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class 4 and above * Esophagectomy for other non-malignant conditions
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