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Conventional or Video-Assisted Surgery in Treating Patients With Lung Metastases

NCT00003724 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 530

Last updated 2016-07-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Video-assisted surgery may have fewer side effects than conventional surgery in patients with lung metastases. It is not yet known whether conventional surgery or video-assisted surgery is more effective in treating lung metastases.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of conventional surgery with that of video-assisted surgery in treating patients who have lung metastases.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

surgical procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joshua R. Sonett, MD · University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-02-28
Primary Completion
2007-02-28
Completion
2007-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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