Use of the Enseal Intrument for Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

NCT ID: NCT01806012

Last Updated: 2013-03-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-08-31

Study Completion Date

2011-08-31

Brief Summary

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The use of the EnSeal® instrument for laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy in a randomized, single-blinded comparison to the conventional procedure. The objective of the study is to investigate if the use of the Enseal sealing instrument for supracervical hysterectomy leads to a shortening of the operation time.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Indications for Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

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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Enseal

Tissue sealing with Enseal device

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sealing tissue with the Enseal device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Supracervical hysterectomy using conventional instruments

Supracervical hysterectomy using conventional instruments

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional supracervical hysterectomy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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Sealing tissue with the Enseal device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Conventional supracervical hysterectomy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \>18 years
* Indication for supracervical hysterectomy without additional surgical procedures (i. e. oophorectomy)
* Willingness and capability to comply with all study tests, procedures, and assessment tools
* Capability of providing informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* History of, or evidence of, gynecologic malignancy within the past five years
* Pace maker, internal defibrilator/cardioconverter
* Impaired coagulation parameters
* Unwillingness to be randomized to treatment
* History of median laparotomy
* Intraabdominal adhesions
* Requirement for open laparoscopy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ethicon Endo-Surgery (Europe) GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital Tuebingen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bernhard Kraemer

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University Women' Clinic Tübingen

Tübingen, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Rothmund R, Kraemer B, Brucker S, Taran FA, Wallwiener M, Zubke A, Wallwiener D, Zubke W. Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy using EnSeal vs standard bipolar coagulation technique: randomized controlled trial. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2013 Sep-Oct;20(5):661-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.04.014. Epub 2013 Jun 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23791399 (View on PubMed)

Rothmund R, Szyrach M, Reda A, Enderle MD, Neugebauer A, Taran FA, Brucker S, Hausch A, Wallwiener C, Kraemer B. A prospective, randomized clinical comparison between UltraCision and the novel sealing and cutting device BiCision in patients with laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy. Surg Endosc. 2013 Oct;27(10):3852-9. doi: 10.1007/s00464-013-2994-4. Epub 2013 May 14.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23670744 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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05022013

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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