Clinical trial NCT05105945: Clinical Study on the Efficacy of Single-port Inflatable Mediastinoscopy Combined With Laparoscopic-assisted Small Incision Surgery and Thoracoscopy Combined With Laparoscopic Surgery for Radical Esophagectomy
Official title: A Randomized, Controlled, Multi-center Clinical Study on the Efficacy of Single-port Inflatable Mediastinoscopy Combined With Laparoscopic-assisted Small Incision Surgery and Thoracoscopy Combined With Laparoscopic Surgery for Radical Esophagectomy
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Esophageal Cancer
Keywords: Minimally invasive surgery
Lead sponsor: Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University
name: Beijing Chao Yang Hospital
name: West China Hospital
name: Shanghai Chest Hospital
name: Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute
name: The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
name: Changzhi Medical College
name: Zhangzhou Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University
name: Harbin Medical University
name: Hubei Cancer Hospital
name: Jining First People's Hospital
name: Jiangsu Cancer Institute & Hospital
name: Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
First posted: 2021-11-03
Enrollment: 1164
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The Logrank method was used to compare the difference in survival time between the two groups of patients. According to previous literature data, it is estimated that the DFS of the control group is 18 months. Assuming that the DFS of the test group can be extended to 21.6 months (corresponding HR=1.20), the test requires 1048 patients (524 in each group) to achieve α=0.05 This difference can be detected with 80% confidence at the (two-sided) significance level. The trial plans to enroll for 48 months, follow up for 60 months, and conduct a final analysis when 944 patients have tumor progression (recurrence or metastasis). It is estimated that the drop-off rate of patients in the experimental group and the control group is 10%, so 1164 (524×2÷0.9=1164) patients need to be enrolled in the final group.

Significance Level：0.05
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: We previously developed a novel non-trans thoracic esophagectomy, the single-port inflatable mediastinoscopy combined with laparoscopy for the radical esophagectomy of esophageal cancer.This study is evaluating the feasibility and safety of radical resection of single-port inflatable mediastinal mirror synchronization with laparoscopic esophageal carcinoma, as well as the clinical value of the radical resection of single-port inflatable mediastinal mirror synchronization with laparoscopic esophageal carcinoma as a new minimally invasive operation for esophageal carcinoma.

Detailed description: To reduce postoperative pulmonary complications, considerable efforts have been made to develop the nontransthoracic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. For instance, esophageal stripping and transhiatal esophagectomy are the nontransthoracic operations developed for treatment for esophageal cancer. These methods possess several advantages, including non-thoracotomy, less postoperative pain, less postoperative cardiac and pulmonary complications, and safer for elderly patients. However, these two methods are limited with the poor surgical view, poor mediastinal lymph node dissection (especially upper mediastinal lymph nodes), and high risk of bleeding.

In 2015 and 2016, Prof. Fujiwara has developed novel surgical methods on the dissection of upper mediastinal lymph nodes using single-port mediastinoscopy through the cervical incision and the lower mediastinal lymph nodes (including the subcarinal lymph nodes) by laparoscopy, respectively.For the first time, non-transthoracic radical resection of esophageal cancer could be achieved along with the dissection of all the mediastinal lymph nodes. Based on the Fujiwara's method, we further improved this surgical method to the"single-port inflatable mediastinoscopy combined with laparoscopy for the radical treatment of esophageal cancer"and has successfully performed this novel surgical method for the first case in March 2016. We have completed over 200 cases of radical resection of esophageal carcinoma using this novel surgical technique from May 2016 to August 2021.

This is a prospective, multicenter, open clinical study in which 1164 patients (including 10% drop-off rate) who require surgical treatment are scheduled to be included in the study. Prior to any screening process, each subject / legal guardian should sign the informed consent form. Screening tests are used to determine whether each subject is eligible for the study. Eligible subjects who meet the standard will be treated with radical resection of single-hole inflatable mediastinal mirror synchronization with laparoscopic esophageal carcinoma and followed up until 5 years postoperatively. Primary study outcome are the prioperative complication rate and the number of intraoperative lymph node dissection.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. 18 years old ≤ age ≤ 75 years old, no gender limit;
2. Patients who are diagnosed as esophageal malignant tumor by cytology or histology, and agree to undergo surgical treatment;
3. The preoperative clinical tumor staging is T1-2N0-1M0 patients; or T3N1-2M0 patients undergo neoadjuvant treatment (neoadjuvant chemotherapy, neoadjuvant chemoradiation, neoadjuvant radiotherapy, neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy, neoadjuvant radiotherapy and immunotherapy After treatment), assess the tumor to achieve partial response (PR) and surgical resection is feasible;
4. The tumor is located in the thoracic esophagus;
5. The tumor has not invaded the surrounding vital organs and has metastasized far away;
6. The function of major organs is basically normal: general anesthesia is acceptable for lung function; NYHA grade of heart function is 0\~1;
7. Voluntarily sign an informed consent form before the study. The patient and/or his legal representative have the ability to fully understand the content, process and possible adverse reactions of the experiment, and enable the patient to comply with the visits stipulated in the plan;

Exclusion Criteria:

1. People who suffer from other malignant tumors at the same time;
2. Patients with a history of esophagus or gastrectomy;
3. Patients with a history of mediastinal surgery or extensive abdominal cavity adhesion;
4. Patients with basic diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;
5. People suffering from mental, mental or neurological diseases;
6. Patients with cachexia and severe malnutrition who cannot tolerate surgery;
7. Recent recurrence of gastric ulcer, history of gastric bleeding and other serious underlying diseases;
8. Patients with surgical contraindications such as blood coagulation dysfunction, HIV antibody positive, and poorly controlled clinically severe infections;
9. Patients with other comorbid diseases (such as liver and kidney function abnormalities, etc.) or concomitant medications, which may have an impact on the results of this study based on the judgment of the investigator.
10. Patients who have participated in other clinical studies;
11. Others judged by the investigator to be unsuitable to participate in this clinical trial.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Perioperative incidence of cardiopulmonary complications
timeFrame: Through operation completion, an average of 12 days
measure: disease-free survival（DFS）
timeFrame: After surgery-related treatment until the tumor recurrence，assessed up to 5 years
measure: overall survival（OS）
timeFrame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: intraoperative blood loss
timeFrame: During the operation, an average of 2 hours
measure: Operation time
timeFrame: During the operation, an average of 2 hours
measure: Proportion of patients who converted to thoracotomy and laparotomy
timeFrame: During the operation, an average of 2 hours
measure: Intraoperative mortality rate
timeFrame: During the operation, an average of 2 hours
measure: Postoperative hospital stay
timeFrame: Through postoperative hospital stay, an average of 4 days
measure: Postoperative pain score
timeFrame: An average of 3 days after the operation
measure: Postoperative admission time to ICU
timeFrame: An average of 3 days after the operation
measure: Postoperative drainage
timeFrame: An average of 3 days after the operation
measure: Postoperative retention time of various types of drainage tubes
timeFrame: An average of 3 days after the operation
measure: Number of lymph nodes removed during surgery
timeFrame: Pathology report time, an average of 4 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Zhuhai
country: China
facility: The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
state: Guangdong
Study officials:
affiliation: Office of clinical research center
name: Liu Shaoxuan
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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