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Esophagectomy: Sweet Versus Ivor-Lewis (ESVIL) (ECTOP-2001)

NCT01047111 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2023-07-20

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Summary

This is a clinical trial from Eastern Cooperative Thoracic Oncology Project (ECTOP), numbered as ECTOP-2001. Esophageal carcinoma is an aggressive disease with a poor prognosis. Surgical resection remains the basic method of management of this malignancy. Although different approaches have been described for the surgical resection of esophageal cancer, there is no statistical evidence based on large scale prospective randomized trials with regard to the issue that which is the optimal surgical approach for esophageal cancer. The purpose of this study is to test two different approach of transthoracic esophagectomy (Right Side Thoracotomy plus Midline Laparotomy Approach: Ivor-Lewis Procedure and Left Side Thoracotomy Approach: Sweet Procedure) in middle or lower third intrathoracic esophageal cancer. This research is being done to see whether one approach is superior than the other approach with better long-term outcome and acceptable postoperative short-term outcome or not.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Neoplasms

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Esophagectomy

Esophagectomy Through Right Side Thoracotomy plus Midline Laparotomy Approach: Ivor-Lewis Procedure VS Esophagectomy Through Left Side Thoracotomy Approach: Sweet Procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fudan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Haiquan Chen, MD · Fudan University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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