Clinical trial · Interventional
Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Versus Open Thyroidectomy for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Using Gasless Unilateral Transaxillary Approach Versus Conventional Open Thyroidectomy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: a Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
- 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)
Recently, endoscopic thyroidectomy using gasless unilateral transaxillary approach has been proven feasible and safe in several Chinese medical centers. This study is aimed to compare multi-institutional Chinese outcomes of endoscopic thyroidectomy using gasless unilateral transaxillary approach and conventional open surgery.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid Cancer | Malignant Thyroid Gland Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endoscopic surgery; | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention;
- description
- Endoscopic thyroidectomy was performed in a standardized fashion by multi-institutional Chinese experienced surgeons using the same gasless unilateral transaxillary approach.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Endoscopic surgery;
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control
- description
- Conventional open surgery was performed in a standardized fashion by multi-institutional Chinese experienced surgeons.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Endoscopic surgery;
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Number of retrieved central lymph nodes
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years; * The pathological type is papillary thyroid carcinoma; * Tumor diameter \<2 cm； * No extraglandular invasion, or minimal extrathyroidal extension invading only anterior thyroid capsule or sternothyoid muscle； * cN0 or cN+ without fusion and fixation of metastatic lymph nodes； * no obvious contraindication for thyroidectomy ; * Good comply with the research visit plan and other program requirements; * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Exclusion Criteria: * patients with severe systemic diseases who can not tolerate general anesthesia or routine surgical posture; * previous history of neck surgery, radiotherapy or thermal ablation; * hyperthyroidism and substernal goiter; * dedifferentiated thyroid carcinoma； * accompanied with severe thyroiditis.
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