Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Lesions

June 10, 2026 updated by: Jisong Zhang

A Study on the Feasibility and Safety of Single-Session Robot-Assisted Bronchoscopy for Diagnosis and Ablation of Pulmonary Lesions

To evaluate the safety and feasibility of a single-session "diagnose and treat" (one-stop) paradigm utilizing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The increasing detection of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) necessitates effective, lung-sparing therapies. For inoperable patients, current guidelines dictate a staged workflow involving diagnostic biopsy followed by a separately scheduled ablation. This study aims to evaluate the safety and feasibility of a single-session "diagnose and treat" (one-stop) paradigm utilizing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

25

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Zhejiang
      • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310016
        • Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age ≥18 years.
  2. Have peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs).
  3. Meet at least one of the following conditions: (1) Deemed medically inoperable due to surgical intolerance; (2) Have newly developed or residual nodules after previous lung cancer surgery; (3) Present with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules; or (4) Explicitly refuse surgical resection.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Centrally located tumors invading the main bronchi.
  2. Uncorrectable coagulopathy.
  3. Evidence of advanced nodal (N2/N3) or distant metastatic disease (unless the PPL represented an oligometastatic lesion targeted with curative intent).

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: One-stop treatment group
Inoperable patients underwent synchronous biopsy and ablation under RAB and cone-beam CT guidance. Following confirmation of atypical cells by rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE), individualized ablation (cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, or synergistic irreversible electroporation) was performed in the same anesthetic setting.
Inoperable patients underwent synchronous biopsy and ablation under RAB and cone-beam CT guidance. Following confirmation of atypical cells by rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE), individualized ablation (cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, or synergistic irreversible electroporation) was performed in the same anesthetic setting.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Navigation success rate
Time Frame: Perioperatively
Perioperatively
Ablation success rate
Time Frame: Perioperatively
Perioperatively
Post-operative complication rate
Time Frame: Immediately after the procedure through hospital discharge
Immediately after the procedure through hospital discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Diagnostic yield
Time Frame: Perioperatively
Perioperatively
Postoperative hospital stay
Time Frame: Immediately after the procedure through hospital discharge
Immediately after the procedure through hospital discharge
Local progression-free survival rate
Time Frame: Three months after the operation
Three months after the operation

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jisong Zhang, MD, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 1, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 9, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

June 11, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 12, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 10, 2026

Last Verified

June 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SirRRSH-2024-RABone

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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