Trial of recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during radical esophagectomy for prevention of nerve palsy

Trial of recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during radical esophagectomy for prevention of nerve palsy - Trial of recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during radical esophagectomy for prevention of nerve palsy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000017395

Enrollment

Registered

2015-05-02

Start date

2014-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Esophageal cancer

Interventions

Electrical recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during radical esophagectomy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patient undergoing radical surgery for esphageal cancer meet following criteria: 1) Resectable disease 2) Clinical stage I, II or III excluding T4b disease (UICC tumor, node, metastasis system TNM classification) 3) Age 20 to 80 years 4) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1 5) No previous surgery for esophageal cancers 6) No previous chemo- or radiotherapy for any malignancies 7) Sufficient organ function 8) Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Other primary cancer 2) Psychiatric disease 3) Serious complications 4) Cardiovascular disease or heart failure occur within 3 months 5) Cerebrovascular disease occur within 3 months 6) Active infection 7) With cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator 8) Positive for hepatitis B virus antigen 9) Pregnancy 10) Others who are inadequate to entry this study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of recrrent laryngeal nerve palsy after radical esophagectomy	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMakoto Hikage

Tohoku University Hospital Department of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology

mhikage@med.tohoku.ac.jp022-717-7214

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026