Clinical trials: the Extent of Lymph Node Dissection
Metastatic Melanoma to the Groin Lymph Nodes
Evaluation of Groin Lymphadenectomy Extent For Metastatic Melanoma
BACKGROUND: Spread of metastatic melanoma to the groin lymph nodes (LN) is a common event affecting about 350 people a year in Australia.
- Trial name
- EAGLE FM (NCT02166788)
- Testing
- Inguinal Lymphadenectomy, Ilio-inguinal Lymphadenectomy
- Where
- 17 sites in Australia, Brazil and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 634 people
- Sponsor
- Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials Limited
Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
Feasibility and Safety of Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Extended Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection at Time of Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
Extended pelvic lymph node dissection in bladder carcinoma provides staging and, in selected patients, a survival benefit. Recent studies showed the therapeutic benefit of retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) in advanced…
- Trial name
- NCT03544437
- Testing
- extraperitoneal laparoscopic extended retroperitoneal lymph node dissection
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- RenJi Hospital
Bladder Cancer
Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder
The goal of this clinical research study is to evaluate how many lymph nodes are left behind after robotic-assisted removal and are then found after a wider incision is made, in patients who are having their bladder removed for…
- Trial name
- NCT00963859
- Testing
- Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center