Status:
COMPLETED
Registry and Database Lap Prostatectomy
Lead Sponsor:
Indiana Kidney Stone Institute
Conditions:
Prostate Cancer
Eligibility:
MALE
18+ years
Brief Summary
Recently, many centers have begun offering laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) as a minimally invasive therapy for localized prostate cancer.1-6 LRP may offer the advantages of improved neurovasc...
Detailed Description
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men today. An estimated 220,900 new cases will be diagnosed in 2003 according to the American Cancer Society.7 Prostate cancer will accou...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- Patient of Methodist Urology in Indianapolis, IN
- Ability to give informed consent
- Biopsy proven diagnosis of prostate cancer without local extension or metastatic disease (Clinical T2 or less in the TNM classification)
- Exclusion criteria:
- Major abdominal surgery precluding a safe laparoscopic approach
- Bleeding diathesis or anticoagulation
- Medical disease (such as cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases) precluding general anesthesia/laparoscopy
- Transplanted kidney in the pelvis
- Radiation therapy to pelvis
- Morbid obesity
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2003
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
9 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00169676
Start Date
June 1 2003
End Date
April 1 2016
Last Update
June 29 2016
Active Locations (1)
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1
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202