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Gastrointestinal Stromal TumorsNCT02662478

Laparoscopic Resection of Large Gastric Stromal Tumors

An observational study of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, run by Medical Park Gaziantep Hospital.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Despite laparoscopic surgical treatment has not been recommended in patients with gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) larger than 5 centimeter, but it continues to evolve rapidly to overcome the boundaries. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
What is being tested?
Laparoscopic Surgery
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
23 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Jun 2008to Feb 2016
Phase
Observational
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Using the Turkish national procedural classification code number for laparoscopic stomach surgeries, a search was made in the Medical Park Gaziantep Hospital database which identified 124 patients underwent laparoscopic gastric resection for tumor. Then an additional similar search was performed to obtain primary gastric GIST subgroup according to the histopathological results and a total of 23 patients in whom LRS were performed, were identified.

Who may be able to join

  • All patients with gastric GIST underwent laparoscopic surgery

Who cannot join

  • Patients with GIST of other than stomach
  • Patients who refused laparoscopic surgery

About this study

Official title: Accuracy and Feasibility of a Morpho-anatomical Classification Oriented Laparoscopic Resection of Gastric Stromal Tumors in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Center: a Prospective Cohort Study

Despite laparoscopic surgical treatment has not been recommended in patients with gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) larger than 5 centimeter, but it continues to evolve rapidly to overcome the boundaries. Therefore the authors generated a morpho-anatomical classification system (MACS) adapted for primary gastric GISTs, by which they could plan to tailor the laparoscopic gastric resection appropriately. The aims of the study was to demonstrate the feasibility of laparoscopic surgery for primary gastric GISTs larger than 5 cm, to find out the accuracy and practicality of the MACS for the development a preoperative strategy and the extent to which this strategy overlaps with the reality.

Read the detailed description

Incidence rate of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) is 10-15 per million per year. Although very rare, it is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract, and the stomach is the most common affected organ with up to 55.6%. Despite recent drug discoveries have greatly impacted the treatment, complete surgical resection with adequate safety margin is still the only potentially curative treatment for primary gastric GIST with no evidence of metastasis. As sarcomas in general, most GISTs also metastasize hematogenously to the liver, disseminate peritoneally, and rarely show lymph node metastasis, therefore systematic or prophylactic lymph node dissection is usually unnecessary; a pick-up sampling is considered sufficient when a perilesional lymph node enlargement is found. In addition to that, these tumors tend to be soft and friable. Therefore pseudocapsule may be tearing spontaneously or inadvertently during surgery and tumor cells can be disseminating intraperitoneally which results in increased risk for recurrence and decreased survival.

Considering these properties of the tumor, the goals of surgery for primary gastric GIST are handling the tumor with great care to avoid tumor rupture as well as performing a complete resection with a negative surgical margin and preserving the organ function as much as possible. This can be accomplished by the traditional open, or more recently by the various total or hybrid laparoscopic techniques. Despite laparoscopic surgical treatment of the GISTs had not been recommended owing to the higher risk of tumor rupture and subsequent peritoneal seeding in consensus meetings in the United States and Europe in 2004 and 2005 respectively, it has experienced a rapid and major evolutionary process and currently it is being advised to be a standard approach for gastric GISTs irrespective of its size or location.

In addition to achieve an R0 resection without a tear in the tumor, the most important issue for the laparoscopic gastric GIST surgery is the preserving the function and not to cause a stenosis in the stomach as much as possible. According to the morphologic characteristics of the tumor and the area in the three-dimensional anatomical configuration of the stomach that involved by the tumor, a lot of laparoscopic surgical scenarios can be produced. Among them, to achieve the best alternative which meets all above criteria the authors generated a morpho-anatomical classification system by which they could plan preoperatively to tailor the gastric resection and all operational requirements. This system was partly inspired by the TNM classification for GISTs and Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma, has long been used in authors' institution when planning a laparoscopic intervention for various gastric lesions in patients in whom an appropriate preoperative patient evaluation is needed. It is then specifically composed and standardized to adapt for primary gastric GISTs and it was being used for large tumors up to 10 cm.

The aims of the study was to demonstrate the feasibility of laparoscopic surgery for primary gastric GISTs larger than 5 cm, to find out the accuracy and practicality of the classification system in the development a preoperative strategy and the extent to which this strategy overlaps with the reality.

Being tested
Laparoscopic Surgery
Keywords
Laparoscopic gastric resection, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, laparoscopic surgery
Medical subject headings
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Laparoscopic SurgeryProcedure or surgery

    Mid-point between the xiphoid and umbilicus was used to the entrance site of the telescope. Open trocar insertion was used in patients with history of open upper abdominal surgery; otherwise Veress needle established CO2 insufflations. The number, size and entry points of the other trocars were tailored according to the tumor location and size. In general, 2 to 4 additional trocars were used. All specimens were taken out of the abdomen through a suprapubic transverse incision in a sterile bag. Resection technique was determined by the size, number, location of the lesion, and surgical anatomy of the stomach. Lymph node dissection was not done as it is unnecessary.

Study groups in NCT02662478
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
primary gastric GISTConsisted of all consecutive cases of primary gastric stromal tumors (PGST) that underwent laparoscopic surgery (LS).
Receives: Procedure: Laparoscopic Surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Success rate

    Laparoscopic surgery performed without conversion to open surgery with a negative surgical margin

    Measured: within the first 30 days after surgery

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Accuracy of classification system

    the rate of overlapping preoperative strategy with the postoperative reality

    Measured: within the first 3 months after completion of the patient recruitment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Jan 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2008
  3. Primary completionJan 2016
  4. Study completionFeb 2016

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
23 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02662478
Sponsor's protocol ID
MK-006-ST
Status last verified
Feb 2016
First submitted
18 Jan 2016
Last updated
4 Feb 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Soreide K, Sandvik OM, Soreide JA, Giljaca V, Jureckova A, Bulusu VR. Global epidemiology of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST): A systematic review of population-based cohort studies. Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 Feb;40:39-46. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.10.031. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

    PubMed 26618334
  • Joensuu H, Vehtari A, Riihimaki J, Nishida T, Steigen SE, Brabec P, Plank L, Nilsson B, Cirilli C, Braconi C, Bordoni A, Magnusson MK, Linke Z, Sufliarsky J, Federico M, Jonasson JG, Dei Tos AP, Rutkowski P. Risk of recurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumour after surgery: an analysis of pooled population-based cohorts. Lancet Oncol. 2012 Mar;13(3):265-74. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70299-6. Epub 2011 Dec 6.

    PubMed 22153892
  • Demetri GD, von Mehren M, Antonescu CR, DeMatteo RP, Ganjoo KN, Maki RG, Pisters PW, Raut CP, Riedel RF, Schuetze S, Sundar HM, Trent JC, Wayne JD. NCCN Task Force report: update on the management of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2010 Apr;8 Suppl 2(0 2):S1-41; quiz S42-4. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2010.0116.

    PubMed 20457867
  • Han D, Deneve J, Gonzalez RJ. Recurrence risk after resection of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: size is not all that matters... The consequences of tumor rupture. Am Surg. 2012 Jan;78(1):74-9.

    PubMed 22273319

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, run by Medical Park Gaziantep Hospital.

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 1 inclusion and 2 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Feb 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Success rate (time frame: within the first 30 days after surgery). 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 NCT02662478, which also lists 4 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 4 Feb 2016.

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