Image Guided VATS vs. VATS Resection

Description

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.

Conditions

Lung Cancer

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Study overview

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.

Image Guided VATS Resection vs. VATS Resection of Lung Lesions

Image Guided VATS vs. VATS Resection

Condition
Lung Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility 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
  • * 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.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Raphael Bueno, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2024-12-31