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Image Guided VATS vs. VATS Resection

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorBrigham and Women's Hospital
Started2018-09-11
Est. completion2027-07-31
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

To evaluate workflow and outcomes of iVATS and standard VATS for small pulmonary nodules. The outcomes of the patients will be evaluated separately as there will be no direct comparison of the two arms.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Subject must be 18 years and older
* Subject must be deemed a candidate for the iVATS surgery, by their treating Thoracic Surgeon
* Subject must have nodules/GGO or other abnormal opacity that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension with longest diameter ≤ 20 mm or 2cm
* Subject's lesions that are located in the outer half portion of the lung/lobe.
* Subjects must be evaluated at BWH and/or DFCI Thoracic Surgery outpatient clinics

Exclusion Criteria:

* If participant is a pregnant woman or breast feeding they will not be eligible.
* If treating thoracic surgeon deems the participant not eligible for the study.

Conditions2

CancerLung Cancer

Locations1 site

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
Raphael Bueno, MD617-732-5004rbueno@bwh.harvard.edu

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