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Administrative data

NCT number NCT06278636
Other study ID # 5745
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date July 18, 2023
Est. completion date January 30, 2025

Study information

Verified date June 2023
Source Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Contact Floriana Mascilini
Phone 0630156399
Email floriana.mascilini@policlinicogemellli.it
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a prospective cohort study to assess the feasibility of the laparoscopic ultrasound examination, directly by surgeons, during minimally invasive gynaecological surgery. The secondary aims are to examine the learning curve for laparoscopic ultrasound examination and the performance score in obtaining high quality ultrasound images of anatomical parameters by a team of 5 gynecological laparoscopic fellows. The patients' medical history and symptoms will also be recorded to define whether these clinical data can influence the failure rate. With advanced technology, the conventional workflow can be simplified by using laparoscopic ultrasound probes directly by surgeons, to utilize the hospital resources efficiently and to reduce operating times. In this regard, we would like to demonstrate that the application of laparoscopic examination is feasible and easy to learn by surgeons. This innovative technique could open up multiple diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities for the patient, providing potential clinical information useful to the surgeon.


Description:

The use of laparoscopic ultrasound is an evolving field with a potentially wide range of advantages that could facilitate complex gynecologic surgical procedures; increasing surgical safety by allowing the surgeon to see beyond the surface of the organ, visualizing anatomical structures and identifying, for example, retroperitoneal recurrences and benign or malignant pelvic lesions, even small and not visible laparoscopically, and consequently improving the surgical accuracy of tumor resection. (10) Gynecologists who are familiar with gynecological transvaginal ultrasound should be able to become proficient in identifying pelvic organs during surgical procedures in order to improve surgical accuracy, reduce complications, and ultimately improve patient care. Nevertheless, this technique has been slow to be implemented in the clinical setting, perhaps due to the lack of a learning curve. Therefore, training gynecological surgical fellows in recognizing pelvic structures using laparoscopic probes is critical for allows them to use this tool in different application fields, providing them with an important advantage. The training of gynecological surgeons in the use of laparoscopic probes would provide an advantage in terms of surgical time, speeding up the procedures of recognition and removal of target lesions. In addition, by making surgeons autonomous in the operating theatre, the need for an additional ultrasound operator during surgery would be eliminated. These benefits would translate into a potential reduction in cost as well


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 300
Est. completion date January 30, 2025
Est. primary completion date December 30, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Fellow surgeons with EFSUMB level 1 experience of ultrasound in gynecology. - Women affected by gynecological pathologies undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery such as endometrial cancer, cervical cancer at early stage, or benign pathologies. - All women will be required to sign written informed consent to enter the study. Exclusion Criteria: - Patients affected by gynaecological pathologies undergoing emergency surgeries. - Refusal to sign written informed consent. - Patients with previous hysterectomy or salpingo-oophorectomy. - Uterus and adnexa not visualised at LPS examination.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
Laparoscopi ultrasound examination
Analysis of feasibility and fellow surgeons learning curve in minimally invasive gynecological procedures

Locations

Country Name City State
Italy Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS Rome

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary feasibility of the laparoscopic for to assess the feasibility of the laparoscopic ultrasound examination during minimally invasive gynaecological surgery, achievement of one ultrasound picture in maximum 120 seconds examination during minimally invasive gynaecological surgery, in terms of achievement of one ultrasound picture in maximum 120 seconds 2 minutes
Secondary the learning curve of fellow surgeons To investigate the learning curve of fellow surgeons in obtaining skill competency by using laparoscopic probe 5 minutes
Secondary the performance of fellow surgeons To evaluate the performance of fellow surgeons in obtaining high-quality US images of anatomical parameters using expert assessment as the gold standard and in achieving a reduction in the operative time of laparoscopic probe use. 30 minutes
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