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Laparoscopic Donor NephrectomyNCT02805517

Port Site Pain Following Percutaneous Externally-Assembled Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy

A study testing Percuvance™ Percutaneous Surgical System in people with Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy, run by Loma Linda University at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

A single-arm prospective internally-controlled study. Patients will undergo Percutaneous Externally-Assembled Laparoscopic (PEAL) donor nephrectomy where one or more 3 mm instruments are added or substituted for conventional 5 or 12 mm trocars. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
What is being tested?
Percuvance™ Percutaneous Surgical System
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
6 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
11 Jul 2016to 26 May 2021
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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

Who may be able to join

  • Patients undergoing laparoscopic donor nephrectomy

Who cannot join

  • Patients unwilling to participate in the study
  • Patients unfit for laparoscopic surgery

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Loma Linda Medical Center

    Loma Linda, California, 92350

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: A Prospective Study of Port Site Pain Following Percutaneous Externally-Assembled Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy

A single-arm prospective internally-controlled study. Patients will undergo Percutaneous Externally-Assembled Laparoscopic (PEAL) donor nephrectomy where one or more 3 mm instruments are added or substituted for conventional 5 or 12 mm trocars. Multiple outcome measures (endpoints) will be measured including time to first opioid use, total inpatient opioid dosage, patient ranking of painfulness of each port site, duration of ileus, time to ambulation, length of hospital stay, presence of any intraoperative or postoperative complications, operating time, estimated blood loss, and other routine parameters collected in a prospective surgical study

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Purpose:

Prior investigators have created methods to perform laparoscopic surgeries using smaller instruments and ports in an attempt to improve cosmesis and postoperative pain. However, These methods may be limited by the requirement for smaller instruments with decreased functionality or by the loss of instrument triangulation. We have previously published a study regarding the use of a new surgical paradigm (percutaneous externally assembled laparoscopy, or PEAL) in porcine and cadaveric models in order to allow laparoscopic surgery to take place with improved cosmesis and decreased pain while still allowing the use of larger instruments and maintaining instrument triangulation. We now seek to study the use of these instruments in the human patients undergoing laparoscopic urologic surgery.

The procedures include:

Hundred subjects will be recruited for the study with an expected attrition rate of 10%. Sample size has been minimized, but is necessary for statistical power and conclusions. Subjects will be male and female 18 years or older, of all ethnicities, denominations or other social/economical variations. All participants will speak English fluently in order for consent to be performed properly. Baseline pain score will be calculated through a questionnaire in at the urology clinic.

This is a single-arm prospective internally-controlled study. Patients will undergo percutaneous externally-assembled laparoscopic urologic surgery where one or more 3 mm instruments are added or substituted for conventional 5 or 12 mm trocars. Multiple outcome measures (endpoints) will be measured including time to first opioid use, total inpatient opioid dosage, patient ranking of painfulness of each port site, duration of ileus, time to ambulation, length of hospital stay, presence of any intraoperative or postoperative complications, operating time, estimated blood loss, and other routine parameters collected in a prospective surgical study.

Being tested
Percuvance™ Percutaneous Surgical System
Keywords
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, Transplant Donors

What participants receive

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

  • Percuvance™ Percutaneous Surgical SystemDevice

    Also called PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNALLY-ASSEMBLED LAPAROSCOPIC (PEAL)

    Patients will undergo percutaneous externally-assembled laparoscopic donor nephrectomy where one or more 3 mm instruments are added or substituted for conventional 5 or 12 mm trocars.

Study groups in NCT02805517
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
PEAL laparoscopic nephrectomyExperimentalPatients will undergo percutaneous externally-assembled laparoscopic donor nephrectomy using 3 mm instruments.
Receives: Device: Percuvance™ Percutaneous Surgical System

What is being measured

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

  1. Time to First Opioid Use

    Measurement of time from leaving the post-anesthesia care unit after surgery until the time of first opioid dispersal, regardless of opioid type.

    Measured: up to 1 day postoperatively

  2. Total Inpatient Opioid Dosage

    Total opioid dosage administered throughout the patient's inpatient stay. Measured in units of Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME).

    Measured: 3 days postoperatively

  3. Pain Score of All Surgical Sites

    A patient-reported pain score (on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the worst) for each of the four port-site incisions, as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory. Scores were measured on both post-operative day one and on post-operative day two. The four port-site incisions which patients ranked pain scores for were: #1 - Hand-assist Port; #2 - 12 mm Port; #3 - 5 mm Port; #4 - Percutaneous Externally-Assembled Laparoscopic (PEAL) Port. A mean pain score was calculated by averaging the data across the two days.

    Measured: up to 2 days postoperatively

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Post-operative Ileus

    Duration of post-operative ileus as measured by days until return of normal bowel function was noted.

    Measured: up to 3 days post-operatively

  2. Time to Ambulation

    Number of post-operative days before patient was noted to be ambulating.

    Measured: 3 days post-operatively

  3. Length of Hospital Stay

    Number of days admitted to the hospital from surgery until hospital discharge

    Measured: up do 4 days post-operatively

  4. Presence of Intraoperative Complications

    The number of patients with an intraoperative complication.

    Measured: Intraoperatively

  5. Length of Operative Time

    Duration of surgical operation from incision time to procedure stop time

    Measured: Intraoperatively (up to 6 hours)

  6. Estimated Intraoperative Blood Loss

    Estimated Blood Loss during the nephrectomy procedure

    Measured: Intraoperatively (up to 6 hours)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted20 Jun 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start11 Jul 2016
  3. Primary completion26 May 2021
  4. Study completion26 May 2021

Why it stopped: Number of kidney donors decreased, not able to enroll subjects at this time

Resources

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 N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
6 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02805517
Sponsor's protocol ID
5160152
Status last verified
Nov 2022
First submitted
14 Jun 2016
Last updated
13 Dec 2022
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Arenas JL, Alsyouf M, Jang M, Myklak K, Faaborg D, Khater N, Baldwin DD. Percutaneous Externally Assembled Laparoscopic Instruments: Creation of a New Surgical Paradigm. J Endourol. 2016 Apr;30(4):433-40. doi: 10.1089/end.2015.0240. Epub 2016 Feb 9.

    PubMed 26732739
  • Rossitto C, Gueli Alletti S, Costantini B, Fanfani F, Scambia G. Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy With Percutaneous (Percuvance) Instruments: New Frontier of Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2016 Jan;23(1):14-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2015.09.004. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

    PubMed 26386388
  • Chang J, Boules M, Rodriguez J, Kroh M. Minilaparoscopy with Interchangeable, Full 5-mm End Effectors: First Human Use of a New Minimally Invasive Operating Platform. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2016 Jan;26(1):1-5. doi: 10.1089/lap.2015.0418. Epub 2015 Nov 30.

    PubMed 26618278

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Percuvance™ Percutaneous Surgical System in people with Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy, run by Loma Linda University at 1 site in United States.

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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Dec 2022. 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 United States. 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.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 13 Dec 2022). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Time to First Opioid Use (time frame: up to 1 day postoperatively). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT02805517, 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 13 Dec 2022.

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