Transoral Robotic Surgery or Standard Surgery in Treating Patients With Benign or Malignant Tumors of the Larynx and Pharynx

NCT ID: NCT00918762

Last Updated: 2014-05-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

6 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-05-31

Study Completion Date

2010-10-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Transoral robotic surgery may make it easier to find and remove benign or malignant tumors of the larynx and pharynx and cause less damage to normal tissue. It is not yet known whether transoral robotic surgery is more effective than standard surgery in diagnosing and treating larynx and pharynx tumors.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying how well transoral robotic surgery works compared with standard surgery in treating patients with benign or malignant tumors of the larynx or pharynx.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Evaluate the potential benefits of using the transoral robotic surgical approach against the conventional open and transoral approaches in patients with benign or malignant disease involving the larynx and pharynx.

Secondary

* Determine the proportion of laryngeal and pharyngeal surgical procedures where the surgical exposure is adequate to allow the successful completion of the surgical resection using the transoral robotic surgical approach.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to transoral robotic surgery or standard therapy consisting of conventional transoral endoscopic or open approach according to their preference.

Patients undergo planned surgical procedures (either diagnostic or therapeutic) appropriate for their disease in the larynx or pharynx via the transoral robotic surgical approach or the conventional transoral endoscopic or open approach.

Patients complete the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Head and Neck Scale, the Performance Status Scale for Head and Neck Cancer Patients, and the University of Washington Quality of Life Scale at baseline and at 3 and 6 months. Patients also undergo voice analysis by acoustic analyses, and speech and swallow pathology evaluation by videostroboscopy and modified barium swallow.

After completion of study procedure, patients are followed at 3 and 6 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80 patients will be accrued to the control group (standard conventional surgery) and 30 patients will be accrued to the robotic surgery group.

Conditions

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Head and Neck Cancer Perioperative/Postoperative Complications Precancerous Condition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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daVinci® Robotic Surgical System

Participants will undergo a planned surgical procedures via the robotic approach.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

assessment of therapy complications

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

diagnostic endoscopic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

therapeutic conventional surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

therapeutic endoscopic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

transoral robotic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

video-assisted surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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assessment of therapy complications

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

diagnostic endoscopic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

therapeutic conventional surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

therapeutic endoscopic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

transoral robotic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

video-assisted surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Benign or malignant disease of the larynx or pharynx that requires surgical intervention for either diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

* Malignant disease must meet the following criteria:

* Histologically confirmed diagnosis of 1 of the following:

* Glottic cancer (T1, T2, and T3)
* Supraglottic cancer (T1, T2, and T3)
* Hypopharyngeal cancer (T1 and T2)
* Oropharyngeal cancer (T1, T2, and T3)
* Nasopharyngeal cancer (T1 and T2)
* Resectable involved lymph nodes
* No invasion of osseous and/or osseocartilaginous structures including the following:

* Mandibular bone
* Thyroid cartilage
* Hyoid bone
* Cricoid bone
* Vertebral body
* No pharyngeal wall or tongue-based involvement requiring resection of \> 50% of the posterior pharyngeal wall or tongue base
* No radiological confirmation of carotid artery involvement
* No fixation of tumor to the prevertebral fascia
* No bilateral arytenoid involvement
* No surgical defect requiring open approach for reconstruction
* No evidence of distant metastasis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Not pregnant
* No unexplained fever and/or untreated active infection
* No medical conditions contraindicating general anesthesia
* No inadequate jaw opening due to prior head and neck surgery, trauma, or radiotherapy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ho-Sheng Lin

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ho-Sheng Lin, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Locations

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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA022453

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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WSU-2008-022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000642940

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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