Effect of New Posterior Reconstruction Method on Recovery of Continence After Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy

NCT ID: NCT01714219

Last Updated: 2014-09-29

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-10-31

Study Completion Date

2014-03-31

Brief Summary

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Incontinence is one of the most common complications of radical prostatectomy. The continence rate is not significantly improved even by robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). However, some reports suggested that posterior reconstruction (PR) behind vesicourethral anastomosis could improve early recovery of continence during open, laparoscopic or robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

But, recent prospective studies reported no benefit of PR after RALP, which was the opposite result of those of previous studies. However the PR techniques used in these prospective studies seem to be quite different from the previous techniques. They seem to have used single-step PR, which opposes the median dorsal fibrous raphe (MDFR) only to the Denonvilliers' fascia (DF). By contrast, the original technique incorporated additional reconstruction between the MDFR and the posterior bladder wall 1-2 cm from the new bladder neck.

Our group identified this anatomic structure as the posterior counterpart of the detrusor apron (PDA). The PDA is a strong, thick functional tissue containing muscle that is more appropriate for pulling and fixing the MDFR than the DF. As such, we hypothesized that the key proximal structure for PR is not DF, but rather PDA. Furthermore, single-step reconstruction between MDFR and PDA could be enough for PR. We previously investigated whether our new PR technique, which entails opposition of the MDFR solely to the PDA, would improve continence recovery compared with the standard RALP technique without PR. And our retrospective study demonstrated that this new PR technique during RALP significantly shortens the time to the recovery of continence compared with the standard technique, which does not incorporate PR (Int J Urol, 2012;19:683-7).

Thus, we plan to validate this result by a well-designed, prospective, randomized controlled study.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Localized Prostate Cancer Urinary Incontinence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Posterior reconstruction

* New posterior reconstruction, which entails opposition of the median dorsal fibrous raphe solely to the posterior counterpart of the detrusor apron
* Vesicourethral anastomosis using the van Velthoven method
* Anterior reconstruction, which involved opposing the anterior detrusor apron to the remaining puboprostatic ligaments and dorsal vascular complex

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Posterior reconstruction

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

No posterior reconstruction

* No posterior reconstruction
* Vesicourethral anastomosis using the van Velthoven method
* Anterior reconstruction, which involved opposing the anterior detrusor apron to the remaining puboprostatic ligaments and dorsal vascular complex

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Posterior reconstruction

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* pathologically proven localized prostate cancer (≤cT3a)
* patients to undergo robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy by a single surgeon (Sang Eun Lee)

Exclusion Criteria

* prior hormone therapy
* prior radiation treatment on prostate or pelvis
* preoperative urinary incontinence
* refused to participate
Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Seoul National University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sang Eun Lee

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sang Eun Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Locations

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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

Other Identifiers

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SNUBH-URO-2012-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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