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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03528057
Evaluation of Hemostatic Agents in Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
Randomized, Prospective Evaluation of Hemostatic Agents in Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Partial nephrectomy is a surgical procedure wherein a diseased segment of a kidney is surgically removed, leaving behind the remaining healthy kidney parenchyma. This surgical procedure is typically performed to remove mass lesions suspicious for malignancy. A major goal of partial nephrectomy is to spare as much renal function as possible by preserving the healthy portion of the kidney while removing only the pathologic portion of the kidney.
Hemostatic agents (HA) are devices commonly used during robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (RALPN) due to the risk of bleeding posed by incising a highly vascular organ. The use of various HAs as part of the surgical technique for RALPN is well-described. Potential benefits such as lower blood loss, lower rate of urine leak, and lower blood product transfusion rates have been suggested in small case series. However, larger prospective studies have failed to demonstrate these benefits of HAs. They report similar patient outcomes regardless of HA use. However, these studies are subject to selection bias given the lack of randomization, and they had a small relative number of partial nephrectomies performed without HAs.
To the knowledge of the investigators, no randomized trials have addressed the use of HAs in RALPN. Randomized, controlled trials for partial hepatectomy and knee arthroplasty have shown no benefit when using hemostatic agents to control bleeding.
At the home institution for this study, surgeons routinely use HAs in the resection bed during RALPN. Available, FDA approved, commercial agents include Floseal and Nu-Knit®. Each unit of HA costs $150 - $419 per unit, and often multiple units are used during a given procedure. The hospital is paid a set amount based on the patient's insurance for performing the procedure regardless of use of HA. The use of HAs therefore increases costs incurred by the hospital when performing these procedures. It is imperative to determine if this expenditure is justified.
The primary aim of this study is to compare surgical outcomes in patients undergoing RALPN with and without the use of hemostatic agents. Given the small nature of and conflicting information from the aforementioned cohort studies, it is imperative to remove selection bias and perform a randomized comparison of HA use. This study will provide a much more definitive head-to-head comparison of the overall utility of HAs. Additionally, it may provide more information about differential patient selection for more appropriate and judicious use of HAs. No study has evaluated differential patient selection for HA use, and therefore any finding in this realm would be novel.
Study Type
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female patients aged 18 years and older.
- Patients must have a solid or cystic renal mass suspicious for malignancy by imaging with ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) scan, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- Patients must be initially scheduled RALPN as opposed to radical nephrectomy or other techniques for partial nephrectomy such as open surgery or pure laparoscopy without robot assistance.
- Patients with bilateral kidneys or a solitary kidney, so long as these are native kidneys as opposed to a transplanted kidney.
- Patients can have the common single renal artery and single renal vein, or they can have common variants such as two renal arteries and/or two renal veins.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients on hemodialysis.
- Patients who have had a renal transplantation.
- Patients on therapeutic anticoagulation prior to surgery (example anticoagulants include: aspirin 325 mg daily, clopidogrel, warfarin, fondaparinux, dabigatran, and rivaroxaban). However, patients who take aspirin 81 mg daily as their daily regimen will be included.
- Patients with bleeding disorders (example: hemophilia) and other documented coagulopathy (example: chronic liver disease) with international normalized ratio (INR) > 1.0 at baseline.
- Patients who have had a prior surgical procedure, aside from percutaneous renal biopsy, on the kidney in the current operation.
- Patients with over 100 mL of estimated blood loss (calculated by anesthesia team using the suction canisters) prior to clamping of the renal hilum will be excluded.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: TRIPLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Group 1
Patients undergoing RALPN with the use of HAs by a surgeon.
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Hemostatic agents, if used at all during surgery, will be applied laparoscopically into the tumor bed to stop bleeding.
The type of hemostat will be decided by the surgeon according to the anatomy of the tumor bed.
Other Names:
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NO_INTERVENTION: Group 2
Patients undergoing RALPN without the use of HAs by a surgeon
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Absolute change in hemoglobin
Time Frame: Morning after surgery
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This will be measured as the difference between the hemoglobin obtained postoperatively (measured at approximately 4 am in the morning after surgery) and the hemoglobin obtained preoperatively in the holding area on the day of surgery.
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Morning after surgery
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Total number of major bleeding complications
Time Frame: 30 days following surgery
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Major complications are blood loss requiring transfusion of packed red blood cells, reoperation, and endovascular ablation
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30 days following surgery
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Safety monitoring parameters
Time Frame: 30 days following surgery
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Incidence of any of the following: urine leak, stroke, cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, and death.
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30 days following surgery
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Operating room parameters
Time Frame: Total duration of surgery
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The number of sutures used during renorrhaphy and capsular closure.
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Total duration of surgery
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Operating room parameters
Time Frame: Total duration of surgery
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Duration of renorrhaphy.
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Total duration of surgery
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Operating room parameters
Time Frame: Total duration of surgery
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Number of patients in Group 2 (no HA) who required HA at the surgeon's discretion.
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Total duration of surgery
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Total length of in-patient hospital stay
Time Frame: 30 days following surgery
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Total length of all inpatient hospital stay over 30 days measured in days.
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30 days following surgery
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Total charges
Time Frame: 30 days following surgery
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Total charges for all inpatient care over 30 days using billing information recorded in the Northwestern Electronic Data Warehouse.
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30 days following surgery
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Robert Nadler, MD, Professor of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- STU00206993
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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