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Clinical Study for Energy Based Devices in Open Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

Clinical Study for Energy Based Devices in Open Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Conventional Monopolar Electrosurgery vs. Ultrasonically Activated Shear(UAS)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01971775
Enrollment
56
Registered
2013-10-29
Start date
2011-08-31
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2013-10-29

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Conditions

Gastric Cancer

Keywords

Ultrasonically Activated Shear, Conventional Monopolar Electrocautery, Gastric Cancer

Brief summary

Surgery is the first standard treatment for stomach cancer, but it still has negative factors such as bleeding, leakage, closure, surgery part infection and cardiovascular and lung complication by general anesthesia. electric cautery is used extensively in surgery room due to the utility of simultaneous severance and hemostasis. In some case, the electric current from vitality electrode may unexpectedly stimulate or damage nearby muscles and nerves. Ultrasonically activated shears (UAS) is a device to transform the protein of organ for organ incision or hemostasis. General advantages possibly include shortened operating time, decrease of operative blood loss, and relatively less damages to the normal organ. UAS is commonly used in the operation room, which is now considered as a secure and useful medical device for for tissue dissection and coagulation. Also, it is expected to lower the risk of surgery by reducing operating time and blood loss. However, clinical evidence is not sufficient for this device until now. Therefore, in this study, 1. Evaluate the utility, efficacy, and safety of energy based device, in the case of open gastrectomy 2. Would like to compare the following two kinds of energy based devices. A. For conventional monopolar electrosurgery group : dissection and sealing will be conducted by conventional monopolar electrocautery device B. For UAS group : dissection and sealing will be conducted by UAS

Interventions

DEVICEUltrasonically activated Shears

Dissection and lymphovascular sealing with Ultrasonically Activated Shears

DEVICEConventional Monopolar Electrocautery

Dissection and lymphovascular sealing with Conventional Monopolar Electrocautery

Sponsors

Johnson & Johnson Medical Companies
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Seoul National University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Pathologically proven primary gastric adenocarcinoma * Patients who may undergo distal gastrectomy * Patients who qualified for open gastrectomy for gastric cancer stage T1-3, M0 according to the 7th International Union Against Cancer classification * 20 ≤ age ≤ 75 * Patients with informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Previous abdominal operation Hx. 2. Patients who are impossible to undergo Billroth-I reconstruction because of duodenal invasion caused by duodenal ulcers or gastric cancer 3. Patients who have CT defined ascites prior to operation 4. Patients with liver dysfunction defined as T.Bil\>1.2 or albumin\<3.0 5. Patients with heart disease such as uncontrolled hypertension, history of angina or coronary artery disease, history of cardiomyopathy, Ventricular Ejection Fraction \<50% measured by echocardiography 6. Patients with renal dysfunction defined as creatinine\>1.4 mg/dL or Blood Urea Nitrogen\>26mg/dL 7. Patients with severe pulmonary dysfunction defined as Forced Expiratory Volume at 1 second\<1.0 L in Pulmonary Function Test 8. Patients with abnormal coagulation (PT International Normalized Ratio \>1.2 or activated Partial Thromboplastin Time\>45 sec) 9. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes 10. Treatment with aspirin or antithrombotic agents within 7days before operation 11. Treatment with anticoagulant drug 12. History of preoperative stress dose steroid treatment 13. Patients who the investigators believe will be ineligible for participation in the clinical trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Intraoperative blood losswithin a month
Amount of drain at postoperative periodwithin a month

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Operation timewithin 2 months
Postoperative hospital staywithin 2 months
Inflammatory factors (Serum C-Reactive Protein and cytokines, ascites cytokines)within 2 months
Transfusionwithin 2 months
4. Postoperative hospital stay Complicationswithin 2 months

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 12, 2026