TerminatedNot Applicable

Cervical Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (C-VATS)

Stopped: Slow recruitment

Canada4 participantsStarted 2011-09

Plain-language summary

Although thoracic NOTES may not be ready for human trials, a new minimally invasive technique to access the pleural cavity and perform pleural, pulmonary and mediastinal procedures would be possible. Cervical Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (C-VATS) is a technique that borrows from traditional VATS procedures, from cervical mediastinoscopy, and from flexible endoscopy. All of these procedures are very familiar to the thoracic surgeon. The current feasibility and safety study examines C-VATS as a method of evaluating, biopsying and performing pleurodesis in patients with pleural disease and or effusion.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible patients will be those that would be candidates for the same pleural procedure (biopsy, drainage and pleurodesis) using a VATS technique Exclusion Criteria: * Anticoagulation including Warfarin, Heparin or Clopidogrel which cannot be stopped * Patients less than 18 years old * Pregnant patients * Patient unable to extend neck fully * Patients with cervical spine instability * Patients having had previous neck or mediastinal surgery which would preclude mediastinoscopy * Patients having previously undergone mediastinal irradiation * Patients having been previously diagnosed with mediastinitis * Active cervical cutaneous or deep cervical infections

What they're measuring

procedure-related morbidity

Timeframe: 30 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01440244

SponsorCentre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-07-12

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