Correlation of Laparoscopic Experience and Functional Brain Activation: A PET Scan Study

Brain Function Clinical Trial

Official title:

GAC 0201 Correlation of Laparoscopic Experience and Functional Brain Activation: A Pet Scan Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00860483
• Other study ID #: GCRC 0201
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 10, 2009
• Last updated: December 3, 2012
• Start date: February 2008
• Est. completion date: November 2009

Study information

• Verified date: December 2012
• Source: Northwell Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the research is to determine how practicing laparoscopic motor tasks affects the functional anatomy of the brain, and to investigate whether there is a correlation between surgical experience and functional brain activition. Additionaly, the investigators plan to use eye-tracking technology to see if the use of this technology can distinguish surgeons of various skill levels. The investigators hope that this study leads to new and effective methods of training surgical residents. All of the data will be collected at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and may be used in future studies, which may or may not be related to urological diseases.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: November 2009
• Est. primary completion date: February 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 25 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Urology resident or fellow at Long-Island Jewish Hospital

2. Urology attending surgeon with previous laparoscopic experience

3. Medical Student Research Fellow with no previous laparoscopic experience

4. Right hand dominant subjects

5. No known neorologic defect reported by the subject -

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Left-hand dominant subjects

2. Self-reported neurologic defect reported by the subject -

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brain Function

Intervention

Other:
• observational
PET Scan

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research	Manhasset	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northwell Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Laparoscopic experience		2010	No