Comparison of BiCision® Versus UltraCision® During Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy (LASH)

NCT ID: NCT01752725

Last Updated: 2012-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-10-31

Study Completion Date

2012-04-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is the evaluation of the efficiency and safety of the new, CE-certified thermofu-sion and dissection instrument BiCision® in comparison with the long established Ultracision® Har-monic Scalpel(Ethicon)during a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Uterine Bleeding Disorders Benign Uterine Conditions Focus: Comparison of Two Instruments

Keywords

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supracervical hysterectomy vessel sealing bipolar electrocoagulation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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BiCision Arm

Coagulation with BiCision

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

BiCision®

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ultracision Arm

Coagulation with Ultracision

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ultracision® Har-monic Scalpel(Ethicon)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Interventions

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BiCision®

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ultracision® Har-monic Scalpel(Ethicon)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age \> 18
* gender: female
* indication for laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with no adnexectomyor other surgery
* will and the capability to comply the study requirements
* signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Invasive malignome in the pelvis
* Cardiac pacemaker or implanted defibrilator if no informations are available about the compatibil-ity with RF energy
* Abnormal blood parameters (values less than factor 0.8 or more than 1.25 compared to the val-ues of creatinine and standard hemogram)
* Inability to understand the purpose of the study
* status after a laparotomy by a longitudinal incision
* intraabdominal adhesions (at the beginning of the surgery ≥ 5 sectioning for adhesiolysis)
* open laparoscopy required
* different anatomical situations that yields to different surgery requirements
* conspicuous PAP, cervixmyoma or endometriosis of the rectovaginale space
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital Tuebingen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bernhard Kraemer

Executive / Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Diethelm Wallwiener, Professor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University Hospital Tuebingen

Bernhard Krämer, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital Tuebingen

Locations

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University Hospital

Tübingen, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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04122012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id