Clinical trials: Laparoscopic Surgery
Appendicitis
Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy? Let the Patient Decide
This protocol examines choice where it pertains to choosing between two standard methods for appendectomy, laparoscopic or open procedures, and the affect that "cost" of the appendectomy has upon choice.
- Trial name
- NCT01738750
- Testing
- Cost Information Included
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Obesity, DM
Lap-Band Surgery on Adolescents for Safety and Efficacy
This study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the use of the LAP-BAND surgery in the morbidly obese adolescent population.
- Trial name
- ALAGB (NCT00587301)
- Testing
- Lap-Band
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
LAGB as a Treatment for Morbid Obesity in Adolescents
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has been used worldwide to help selected morbidly obese adults to lose weight. The FDA has approved LAGB only for patients 18 years or older.
- Conditions
- Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT01045499
- Testing
- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Allergan Lap Band)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people
- Sponsor
- Jeffrey L Zitsman, MD
Appendicitis, Surgery
Sugammadex vs Neostigmine Reversal in Pediatric Appendectomy
This study is designed as a randomized controlled trial with patients assigned to neuromuscular reversal with either sugammadex or neostigmine/glycopyrrolate reversal.
- Trial name
- NCT05256901
- Testing
- Sugammadex, Neostigmine/Glycopyrrolate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
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
Surgical Simulation Education
Assessment of the Transferability of Skills From Robotic to Laparoscopic Simulation Platforms
This is a randomized controlled trial that will randomize 40 surgical skill naive medical students to practice on a robotic simulator or laparoscopic simulator after first completing a baseline evaluation on both surgical…
- Trial name
- NCT02370407
- Testing
- a laparoscopic simulator (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), VT Medical Inc, Waltham, MA), Mimic da Vinci robotic simulator
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Obesity
Tylenol Levels in Bariatric Patients
The current study is designed to measure and evaluate the pharmacokinetic profiling of acetaminophen in the young obese patient population.
- Trial name
- NCT02982928
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Gastroesophageal Reflux
Treatment of IPF With Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux Surgery
This study will test the hypothesis that treatment with laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery in subjects with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and abnormal gastroesophageal reflux (GER) will slow the decline of forced vital…
- Trial name
- WRAP-IPF (NCT01982968)
- Testing
- Surgery
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco