[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-studies-list:{\"conditionNormalized\":\"thoracic\",\"overallStatus\":[\"RECRUITING\",\"AVAILABLE\",\"NOT_YET_RECRUITING\"],\"orderBy\":\"LastUpdateSubmitDate:desc\",\"size\":25,\"offset\":0}":3,"health-study-condition:thoracic":27},{"pageToken":4,"total":5,"offset":6,"count":5,"results":7},null,7,0,[8,43,79,100,125,147,181],{"id":9,"slug":10,"hasResults":11,"nctId":12,"briefTitle":13,"officialTitle":14,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":15,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":18,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":21,"phases":4,"briefSummary":22,"conditions":23,"keywords":4,"overallStatus":30,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":31,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":32,"startDateStruct":35,"completionDateStruct":37,"leadSponsor":39,"locationsCount":42},"100583714","a-study-to-understand-the-utility-of-the-force-feedback-instruments-in-robotic-procedures-using-da-vinci-5-robot-100583714",false,"NCT06879912","A Study to Understand the Utility of the Force Feedback Instruments in Robotic Procedures Using da Vinci 5 Robot","A Prospective, Post-Market Study to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of the Force Feedback Instruments in RAS Procedures Using the da Vinci 5 Surgical System","Pre-Operative Inclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Age 22 years or older\n2. ASA ≤ 3\n3. The clinical decision has been made to perform multi-port robotic assisted surgery with da Vinci 5 with Force Feedback instruments for the study specified procedure as primary procedure prior to enrollment in the study\n4. Subject or a legally authorized representative is able to provide written informed consent using the study informed consent form prior to the study\n5. Subject is willing and able to comply with the study protocol requirements including follow up schedule\n\nPre-operative Exclusion Criteria:\n\n* Subject receiving an emergent procedure\n* Subject planned to undergo major concomitant surgery for the treatment of a different medical condition than was originally planned\n* Subject with previous ipsilateral surgery (open, endoscopic or robotic) with the same surgical indication\n* Subject with past or ongoing medical conditions (for example: inflammatory bowel disease) which, in the judgment of the Investigator, puts them at high risk for surgery and not appropriate for the study\n* Subject is pregnant or suspected to be pregnant or breastfeeding\n* Subject has any other condition or personal circumstance that, in the judgment of the Investigator, might interfere with the collection of complete quality data\n* Subject is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or a significant risk investigational device study within the past 6 months\n* Subject belongs to a vulnerable population.\n* Subject is contraindicated for anesthesia or surgery.\n* Subject has had previous neoadjuvant therapy, previous chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and\u002For radiation therapy for the treatment of the cancer to be resected within the past 6 months\n\nIntra-operative Exclusion Criteria\n\n* Subject with hemodynamic or respiratory instability, which precludes the Investigator from performing the RAS.\n* Subject in whom inadequate visualization makes a minimally invasive approach not feasible, as determined from the investigator assessment prior to docking the robot.\n* Subject with adhesions, scarring and disease status in the body which in the opinion of the investigator limits the ability to perform the minimally invasive procedure.","ALL","22 Years",{"count":19,"type":20},200,"ESTIMATED","OBSERVATIONAL","The goal of this observational study is to understand the utility of force feedback instruments in surgeries that are done using the da Vinci 5 robot.",[24,25,26,27,28,29],"Hernia, Inguinal","Hernia, Ventral","Colorectal","Thoracic","Gynecologic","Partial Nephrectomy","RECRUITING","2026-02-23",{"date":33,"type":34},"2026-02-25","ACTUAL",{"date":36,"type":34},"2025-05-22",{"date":38,"type":20},"2026-08",{"name":40,"class":41},"Intuitive Surgical","INDUSTRY",5,{"id":44,"slug":45,"hasResults":11,"nctId":46,"briefTitle":47,"officialTitle":48,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":49,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":50,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":51,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":53,"phases":54,"briefSummary":56,"conditions":57,"keywords":65,"overallStatus":30,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":68,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":69,"startDateStruct":71,"completionDateStruct":73,"leadSponsor":75,"locationsCount":78},"100555754","auricular-acupressure-in-prehabilitation-100555754","NCT06516198","Auricular Acupressure in Prehabilitation","A Pilot Study of the Utility of Auricular Acupressure in Enhancing Prehabilitation Benefits in Candidates for Thoracic Surgery.","Inclusion Criteria\n\n* Being considered for major lung surgery\n* Surgery is not scheduled for at least 2 weeks\n* Age ≥ 50 years\n* Able to understand English at a 4th grade level\n* No known contraindications to prehabilitation (strength, endurance, balance exercises)\n* Able to provide informed consent for participation\n* Has an adult care partner who will be available and capable of placing seeds\n* Has access to smart phone for communication and image sharing\n* Underwent frailty screening (given any score)\n* Able to perform spirometry testing in clinic\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Allergy to Vaccaria seeds\n* Medical condition affecting either ear preventing use of auricular acupressure such as eczema, frostbite, sunburn","50 Years",{"count":52,"type":20},40,"INTERVENTIONAL",[55],"NA","Complementary medicine is recognized for its ability to enhance appetite, increase energy, reduce anxiety, decrease pain, and improve sleep, among many other benefits. Acupuncture is among the most frequent types of complementary medicine practiced in the US, and Medicare currently includes back pain as a reimbursable indication for this therapy. Acupuncture-related therapies may enhance efforts at prehabilitation in candidates for major lung resection.",[58,27,59,60,61,62,63,64],"Frailty","Prehabilitation","Lung Surgery","Wedge Resection","Segmentectomy","Lobectomy","Pneumonectomy; Status",[66,67],"accupressure","vaccaria seeds","2025-12-02",{"date":70,"type":34},"2025-12-09",{"date":72,"type":34},"2025-07-21",{"date":74,"type":20},"2027-06-20",{"name":76,"class":77},"University of Chicago","OTHER",1,{"id":80,"slug":81,"hasResults":11,"nctId":82,"briefTitle":83,"officialTitle":84,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":85,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":86,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":87,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":53,"phases":89,"briefSummary":90,"conditions":91,"keywords":4,"overallStatus":30,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":92,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":93,"startDateStruct":95,"completionDateStruct":97,"leadSponsor":99,"locationsCount":78},"100543729","get-fit-for-function-100543729","NCT06359652","Get Fit for Function","Get Fit for Function Pilot Study","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Age ≥ 18, of any racial or ethnic origin\n* Will be undergoing elective thoracic surgery lung resection using thoracic approach (thoracotomy, Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS)\n* Able to complete baseline evaluations at time of enrollment\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Unable to give informed consent\n* Unable to read\u002Fspeak English\n* Age \\\u003C17","18 Years",{"count":88,"type":20},100,[55],"The purpose of this study will be to implement and evaluate a prehab program for pre-frail and frail adults who need to undergo thoracic surgery. The study team hypothesizes using an implementation framework will increase the reach, effectiveness, adoption, and implementation of the prehab program.",[27,58],"2025-09-09",{"date":94,"type":34},"2025-09-16",{"date":96,"type":34},"2024-04-11",{"date":98,"type":20},"2029-04",{"name":76,"class":77},{"id":101,"slug":102,"hasResults":11,"nctId":103,"briefTitle":104,"officialTitle":104,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":105,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":86,"maxAge":106,"enrollmentInfo":107,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":53,"phases":108,"briefSummary":109,"conditions":110,"keywords":111,"overallStatus":30,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":116,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":117,"startDateStruct":119,"completionDateStruct":121,"leadSponsor":123,"locationsCount":78},"100521878","improving-thoracic-surgical-care-using-electronic-patient-reported-outcomes-epros-100521878","NCT06075316","Improving Thoracic Surgical Care Using Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes (ePROS)","Inclusion Criteria:\n\nPatients participating in ePRO monitoring must meet the following inclusion criteria to participate in this study:\n\n1. 18 years or older\n2. English or Spanish speaking\n3. Able to complete a web-based, telephonic (IVR), or CRA (or other IRB-approved research team member)-administrated symptom survey\n4. Planned to undergo major thoracic surgery (involving chest wall incisions and overnight admission)\n5. Discharged from the thoracic surgery service\n6. Discharged to home\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\nAll patients meeting any of the following exclusion criteria at enrollment will be excluded from study participation:\n\n1. Not completing planned surgery within 3 months of obtaining informed consent\n2. Inability to understand English or Spanish\n3. Having undergone only minor thoracic surgery (e.g. bronchoscopy, cervical mediastinoscopy)\n4. Dementia, altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition determined by the thoracic surgery provider team that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent.\n5. Current incarceration\n6. Pregnancy","99 Years",{"count":19,"type":20},[55],"This is a single-site, non-randomized study on the outcomes of remote real-time \"ePRO monitoring\" in thoracic surgery patients. ePRO monitoring is a health information technology intervention comprised of delivering longitudinal electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) surveys (e.g., on symptoms, and physical functioning) coupled with automated provider alerts for concerning survey responses.",[27],[112,113,114,115],"Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome","Patient-Reported Outcome","thoracic surgery","complications","2025-08-06",{"date":118,"type":34},"2025-08-07",{"date":120,"type":34},"2023-11-14",{"date":122,"type":20},"2026-12-31",{"name":124,"class":77},"UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center",{"id":126,"slug":127,"hasResults":11,"nctId":128,"briefTitle":129,"officialTitle":129,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":130,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":86,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":131,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":21,"phases":4,"briefSummary":132,"conditions":133,"keywords":4,"overallStatus":30,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":140,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":141,"startDateStruct":142,"completionDateStruct":143,"leadSponsor":145,"locationsCount":78},"100600628","frequency-and-severity-of-respiratory-acidosis-during-one-lung-ventilation-a-retrospective-pilot-study-to-compare-clinician-settings-and-those-proposed-by-the-ventilo-application-100600628","NCT07099963","Frequency and Severity of Respiratory Acidosis During One-lung Ventilation, a Retrospective Pilot Study to Compare Clinician Settings and Those Proposed by the VentilO Application","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Adults (≥ 18 years old)\n* Patients intubated and undergoing one-lung ventilation during thoracic surgery\n* Volume-controlled ventilation mode used intraoperatively\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Arterial blood gas data unavailable during one-lung ventilation\n* Missing demographic data (sex, height, actual weight)",{"count":88,"type":20},"One-lung ventilation is a mechanical ventilation method frequently used during several thoracic surgeries. One-lung ventilation requires the use of protective ventilation to limit ventilator-induced injury and reduce postoperative respiratory complications. Protective ventilation during one-lung ventilation is specific since tidal volumes are applied by definition to one lung, and it is recommended to use lower tidal volumes, down to 4 ml\u002Fkg of ideal body weight. This approach requires individualized ventilation parameters, which differs from the conventional or two-lung ventilation, and there are no clear recommendations regarding respiratory rate adjustment to ensure adequate gas exchange.",[27,134,135,136,137,138,139],"Surgery","Mechanical Ventilation","Hypercapnia","Acidosis","One Lung Ventillation (OLV)","Smartphone Application","2025-08-01",{"date":116,"type":34},{"date":140,"type":34},{"date":144,"type":20},"2026-06",{"name":146,"class":77},"Laval University",{"id":148,"slug":149,"hasResults":11,"nctId":150,"briefTitle":151,"officialTitle":152,"acronym":153,"eligibilityCriteria":154,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":86,"maxAge":155,"enrollmentInfo":156,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":53,"phases":158,"briefSummary":159,"conditions":160,"keywords":164,"overallStatus":170,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":171,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":172,"startDateStruct":174,"completionDateStruct":176,"leadSponsor":178,"locationsCount":180},"100580494","intercostal-nerve-block-for-pain-management-after-uniportal-video-assisted-thoracoscopic-surgeries-100580494","NCT06838026","Intercostal Nerve Block for Pain Management After Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgeries","Internal, External Intercostal Nerve Block and Intercostal Catheter for Pain Management After Uniportal VATS: A Clinical Trial","VATS","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* All participants between the ages of 18 and 80 year-old who have elective or urgent uniportal VATS will be included in the sample.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Children - under the age of 18 or participants above the age of 80.\n* Participants with chest wall infections and those with decorticated lungs will be excluded from the study.\n* Participants with pre-existing chest pain or severe renal or hepatic dysfunction\n* Participants with a history of psychiatric disorder or inability to understand the consent form or how to use a Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for pain measurement\n* Participants who have allergy to any of the given drugs, second thoracic surgery, participation in other clinical trials, obesity with body mass index\\>35 kg\u002Fm2, intake of antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents, spinal deformity and severe bradycardia will also be excluded.\n* Participants will be withdrawn from the study if the technical failure happened in the block or VATS procedure was converted to open procedure.","80 Years",{"count":157,"type":20},90,[55],"The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the safety and effectiveness of the three intercostal nerve blocks used in pain management in uniportal (one port) thoracoscopic surgeries: internal intercostal nerve blocks (ICNB), external ICNB, and Intercostal catheters.\n\nParticipants will be randomly assigned to three groups:\n\n* First group will undergo internal intercostal nerve block\n* Second group will be given external intercostal nerve block\n* Third group will have an intercostal catheter Researchers will compare the three groups to see their impact on post-operative pain management in uniportal VATS.",[27,161,162,163],"Pain, Postoperative","Analgesia","Satisfaction, Patient",[165,166,167,168,169],"Intercostal nerve block","Intercostal Catheter","Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery","Post-operative Pain","Patients' Satisfaction","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2025-03-26",{"date":173,"type":34},"2025-04-01",{"date":175,"type":20},"2025-05-05",{"date":177,"type":20},"2026-12-05",{"name":179,"class":77},"Al-Quds University",2,{"id":182,"slug":183,"hasResults":11,"nctId":184,"briefTitle":185,"officialTitle":186,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":187,"healthyVolunteers":188,"sex":16,"minAge":86,"maxAge":189,"enrollmentInfo":190,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":53,"phases":191,"briefSummary":192,"conditions":193,"keywords":195,"overallStatus":30,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":199,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":200,"startDateStruct":202,"completionDateStruct":204,"leadSponsor":206,"locationsCount":78},"100581917","rhomboid-intercostal-sub-serratus-plane-block-versus-serratus-anterior-plane-block-in-thoractomy-100581917","NCT06856538","Rhomboid Intercostal Sub Serratus Plane Block Versus Serratus Anterior Plane Block in Thoractomy","Analgesic Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Rhomboid Intercostal Sub Serratus Plane Block Versus Serratus Anterior Plane Block With General Anesthesia in Thoracotomy","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Patients aged 18-70 years.\n* Patients scheduled for unilateral Thoracotomy.\n* American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III.\n* Patients who are candidates for general anesthesia.\n* No history of severe allergies to local anesthetics or other medications used during the procedure.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* ASA PS class ≥ IV patients.\n* obese (BMI ≥ 35) patients.\n* Patients with uncontrolled cardiovascular.\n* patients with neurological deficits, cardiopulmonary, hepatorenal , or metabolic diseases; anticoagulants; any drug allergies.\n* Patients with emergency surgeries or re-do surgeries.\n* Systemic infections or infections at the site of injection.\n* Psychiatric illnesses (schizophrenia, bipolar, uncontrolled anxiety or depression).\n* Narcotic dependency.",true,"70 Years",{"count":52,"type":20},[55],"The objective of the current study is to compare the efficacy of the analgesic effect of ultrasound-guided unilateral Rhomboid intercostal and sub serratus plane block (RISS) versus Serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) in Thoracotomy incision.",[27,194],"Pain",[196,197,198],"Rhomboid intercostal block","serratus anterior plane block","Thoracotomy","2025-03-04",{"date":201,"type":34},"2025-03-06",{"date":203,"type":34},"2025-02-01",{"date":205,"type":20},"2026-10-01",{"name":207,"class":77},"Yasser S Mostafa, MD"]