Non-small Cell Lung CancerPhase 2NCT00862004
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
A Phase 2 study testing VATS in people with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, run by The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University at 1 site in China.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) major pulmonary resection with systematic node dissection (SND) for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. Success is defined as VATS major pulmonary resection with SND without conversion. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
- What is being tested?
- VATS
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- How many people
- 30 participants
- Where
- 1 siteChina
- Study dates
- Dec 2008to Dec 2009
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (Squamous, adenosquamous, large cell, or poorly differentiated)
- Stage IIIA (T1-3, N2, M0): N2 disease confirmed by any of the following: Mediastinoscopy; Bronchoscopy with fine-needle aspiration or esophagoscopy; or PET scan
- ECOG performance status 0-1
- Hematopoietic: WBC at least 4,000/mm^3; Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- Hepatic: Bilirubin normal; AST/ALT no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN); Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN
- Renal: Creatinine clearance greater than 60 ml/min
- Cardiovascular: Cardiac function normal
Who cannot join
- Severe complications or infections
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women
- Clinically significant heart disease
- Uncontrolled hepatitis, chronic liver disease, or diabetes mellitus
- Another active cancer except properly treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal/squamous cell skin carcinoma
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
China1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510120
Daoyuan Wang, MD, +86-20-83337792, wangdy@vip.163.com
Wenlong Shao, MD, +86-20-83337792, myfriends2003@126.com
About this study
Official title: Feasibility of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Clinical Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) major pulmonary resection with systematic node dissection (SND) for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. Success is defined as VATS major pulmonary resection with SND without conversion. If success rate over 90%, VATS major pulmonary resection with SND is considered as feasible procedures for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.
Read the detailed description
Video-assisted or minimally invasive surgery has become the standard approach for many abdominal surgical operations such as cholecystectomy and fundoplication. With respect to the thorax, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is the accepted technique for biopsy of the lung and pleura and surgical treatment of pneumothorax. A VATS lobectomy with systematic node dissection (SND) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been gradually introduced by many thoracic surgeons since it was first performed in 1995 by McKenna and associates. They reported that the survival rate for stage I lung cancer is similar between lobectomies done by VATS and by thoracotomy. Although minimally invasive surgery certainly sounds good, it is problematic if it decreases patient's safety or the oncological treatment's effect. Hence, the feasibility and safety of SND by VATS remain controversial. In many institutions, the indication for VATS major pulmonary resection is limited to clinical stage I or II. For the application of the procedure to clinical stage IIIA, it remains controversial. Recently, Watanabe et al. did a retrospective study aimed at determining the outcome of patients with cN0-pN2 NSCLC who underwent VATS major pulmonary resection with SND versus the outcome after major pulmonary resection with SND by open thoracotomy. It demonstrated that VATS major pulmonary resection with SND was a feasible approach to management of cN0-pN2 NSCLC without loss of curability. It was unnecessary to convert the VATS approach to thoracotomy in order to do SND even if pN2 disease is revealed during VATS major pulmonary resection. The purpose of this study is to know whether VATS major pulmonary resection with SND for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer is possible.
- Conditions
- Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
- Being tested
- VATS
- Keywords
- video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), systematic node dissection (SND), stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
- Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
VATSProcedure or surgery
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) major pulmonary resection with systematic node dissection (SND) for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
If success rate over 90%, VATS major pulmonary resection with SND is considered as feasible procedures for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (Success is defined as VATS major pulmonary resection with SND without conversion).
Measured: 2 month
Secondary outcomes (1)
To evaluate the intraoperative(surgical duration, estimated blood loss) and postoperative variables(mortality, morbidity, chest tube drainage duration, wound pain, hospital stay)
Measured: 6 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted16 Mar 2009 (estimated)
- Study startDec 2008
- Primary completionAug 2009 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2009 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Non-small Cell Lung CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Investigators
- Jianxing He, MD, FACS, Study chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00862004
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- FAHG20081202
- Status last verified
- Mar 2009
- First submitted
- 13 Mar 2009
- Last updated
- 2 Feb 2010
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Watanabe A, Mishina T, Ohori S, Koyanagi T, Nakashima S, Mawatari T, Kurimoto Y, Higami T. Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery a feasible approach for clinical N0 and postoperatively pathological N2 non-small cell lung cancer? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 May;33(5):812-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.01.064. Epub 2008 Mar 14.
PubMed 18342533He J, Yang Y, Chen M. [Lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 1996 Feb;34(2):76-8. Chinese.
PubMed 9388326Shao WL, Liu LX, He JX, Yang YY, Chen HZ, Wu ZF, Wei B, Yin WQ, Yang DK. [Bronchial sleeve resection and reconstruction of pulmonary artery by video-assisted thoracic small incision surgery for central lung cancer: a report of 139 cases]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2007 Nov 15;45(22):1530-2. Chinese.
PubMed 18282386
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Feb 2010. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Feasibility of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Clinical Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00862004
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- FAHG20081202
- Conditions
- Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
- Keywords
- video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), systematic node dissection (SND), stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Dec 2008
- Primary completion
- Aug 2009 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2009 (estimated)
- First posted
- 16 Mar 2009 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) major pulmonary resection with systematic node dissection (SND) for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. Success is defined as VATS major pulmonary resection with SND without conversion. If success rate over 90%, VATS major pulmonary resection with SND is considered as feasible procedures for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.
Detailed description
Video-assisted or minimally invasive surgery has become the standard approach for many abdominal surgical operations such as cholecystectomy and fundoplication. With respect to the thorax, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is the accepted technique for biopsy of the lung and pleura and surgical treatment of pneumothorax. A VATS lobectomy with systematic node dissection (SND) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been gradually introduced by many thoracic surgeons since it was first performed in 1995 by McKenna and associates. They reported that the survival rate for stage I lung cancer is similar between lobectomies done by VATS and by thoracotomy. Although minimally invasive surgery certainly sounds good, it is problematic if it decreases patient's safety or the oncological treatment's effect. Hence, the feasibility and safety of SND by VATS remain controversial. In many institutions, the indication for VATS major pulmonary resection is limited to clinical stage I or II. For the application of the procedure to clinical stage IIIA, it remains controversial. Recently, Watanabe et al. did a retrospective study aimed at determining the outcome of patients with cN0-pN2 NSCLC who underwent VATS major pulmonary resection with SND versus the outcome after major pulmonary resection with SND by open thoracotomy. It demonstrated that VATS major pulmonary resection with SND was a feasible approach to management of cN0-pN2 NSCLC without loss of curability. It was unnecessary to convert the VATS approach to thoracotomy in order to do SND even if pN2 disease is revealed during VATS major pulmonary resection. The purpose of this study is to know whether VATS major pulmonary resection with SND for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer is possible.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (Squamous, adenosquamous, large cell, or poorly differentiated)
- Stage IIIA (T1-3, N2, M0): N2 disease confirmed by any of the following: Mediastinoscopy; Bronchoscopy with fine-needle aspiration or esophagoscopy; or PET scan
- ECOG performance status 0-1
- Hematopoietic: WBC at least 4,000/mm^3; Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- Hepatic: Bilirubin normal; AST/ALT no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN); Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Severe complications or infections
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women
- Clinically significant heart disease
- Uncontrolled hepatitis, chronic liver disease, or diabetes mellitus
- Another active cancer except properly treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal/squamous cell skin carcinoma
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| VATSvideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) major pulmonary resection with systematic node dissection (SND) for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer | Procedure or surgery | – |
Primary outcome
If success rate over 90%, VATS major pulmonary resection with SND is considered as feasible procedures for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (Success is defined as VATS major pulmonary resection with SND without conversion).
Time frame: 2 month
1 secondary outcome
To evaluate the intraoperative(surgical duration, estimated blood loss) and postoperative variables(mortality, morbidity, chest tube drainage duration, wound pain, hospital stay)
Time frame: 6 months
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Feb 2010.
- Results publication: PubMed 18342533Watanabe A, Mishina T, Ohori S, Koyanagi T, Nakashima S, Mawatari T, Kurimoto Y, Higami T. Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery a feasible approach for clinical N0 and postoperatively pathological N2 non-small cell lung cancer? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 May;33(5):812-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.01.064. Epub 2008 Mar 14.
- Results publication: PubMed 9388326He J, Yang Y, Chen M. [Lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 1996 Feb;34(2):76-8. Chinese.
- Results publication: PubMed 18282386Shao WL, Liu LX, He JX, Yang YY, Chen HZ, Wu ZF, Wei B, Yin WQ, Yang DK. [Bronchial sleeve resection and reconstruction of pulmonary artery by video-assisted thoracic small incision surgery for central lung cancer: a report of 139 cases]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2007 Nov 15;45(22):1530-2. Chinese.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Jianxing He, MD, FACS study chair
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing VATS in people with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, run by The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University at 1 site in China.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Feb 2010. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Jianxing He, MD, FACS (+86-20-83337792, drjianxing.he@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
If success rate over 90%, VATS major pulmonary resection with SND is considered as feasible procedures for clinical stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (Success is defined as VATS major pulmonary resection with SND without conversion). (time frame: 2 month). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00862004, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Feb 2010; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.