Clinical Research Directory

A Study on the Safety and Effectiveness of Endoscopic Intracavitary Submucosal Dissection for Gastric Extracavitary-Type Submucosal Tumors

The aim of this study is to explore the safety and efficacy of endoscopic surgery in the treatment of extraluminal growing stromal tumors

Clinical Impact of Surgical Wound Morbidity According to the Type of Saphenous Vein Harvesting Technique (Endoscopic vs. Open) in Patients Undergoing Myocardial Revascularization Surgery

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two different techniques: endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting versus conventional open harvesting in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, either alone or in combination with another cardiac surgical procedure (valve surgery or arrhythmia surgery). The main questions the trial aims to answer are: Does the endoscopic technique reduce surgical wound morbidity in terms of shorter hospital stays? Does endoscopic saphenous harvesting reduce the use of antibiotics for saphenectomy wound infections? Does the endoscopic technique reduce need for wound dressings due to necrosis and/or wound infection, and reduce need for analgesic treatment for wound pain? This prospective, randomized study will be conducted in the Cardiovascular Surgery Service at Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Participants will be randomly assigned to a different saphenectomy technique. All patients will be assessed for saphenectomy wound complications upon discharge, and by phone call at 7 days, 1 month, and 3 months following the intervention.

Endoscopic and Robotic NSM with Immediate Prosthesis Breast Reconstruction

Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in women. Surgical treatment is the most important treatment for early breast cancer. Breast cancer resection is considered to be a destructive operation. Patients need to accept the double blow of physical and psychological loss of breast shape. Although with the change of the concept of early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the breast conserving rate of breast cancer is gradually increasing in China, more than half of the patients are still unable to retain breast due to their condition. For these patients, breast reconstruction surgery is an important means to improve the postoperative breast shape. With the improvement of surgical technology, endoscopic/robotic NSM combined with immediate prosthesis breast reconstruction has been gradually developed. According to previous literature reports, it has good tumor safety and aesthetics, but it is still lack of large-scale prospective results. This project plans to adopt a prospective cohort design, based on the large sample breast disease cohort database established by the breast center of Peking University People's Hospital, and prospectively include patients who receive NSM combined with immediate prosthesis reconstruction under endoscopy/robot and conventional surgery from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028. The perioperative complications, tumor safety and patient reported outcomes of the two methods were compared.

Dual-port Trans-subclavian Thyroid Endoscopic Surgery

This is a prospective, single-center, open-label, non-randomized controlled real-world study aimed at exploring a novel approach to cavity construction for thyroid endoscopic surgery. The study seeks to evaluate its effectiveness and safety while accumulating further evidence-based medical data. Three hundred patients with thyroid tumors were divided into an experimental group (150 cases receiving a new endoscopic thyroid surgery technique, namely, dual-port trans-subclavian thyroid endoscopic surgery) and a control group (150 cases undergoing traditional open thyroid surgery) according to their treatment intention. Laboratory and medical data from specified follow-up points are collected, and adverse events are recorded detailly. The primary efficacy endpoint is a comparison of surgical complications between the two treatment groups. Secondary endpoints include: (1) levels of IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, INF-γ, renin, angiotensin II, and aldosterone preoperatively and on the second day postoperatively; (2) NRS scores on the first day postoperatively; (3) length of hospital stay, duration of surgery, total treatment cost, and postoperative drainage volume; and (4) assessment of wound satisfaction during a three-month follow-up visit. Safety assessments include adverse events, vital signs, and pathological examinations.

Single Port Endoscopic Breast Conserving Surgery

The center plans to carry out a prospective clinical study of single hole total endoscopic breast conserving surgery for early breast cancer compared with open breast conserving surgery, to provide high-level evidence-based medical evidence for the development of endoscopic breast conserving surgery for early breast cancer.

Endoscopic Nasopharyngectomy for Newly Diagnosed Stage I Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is most prevalent in eastern Asia, with the highest incidence reported among the Cantonese population from the province of Guangdong. Radiotherapy is the cornerstone of initial treatment due to the radiosensitive behavior of NPC and its deep-seated location. Although radiotherapy has achieved satisfactory results, it can also cause some severe adverse events. Currently, surgery is only applied to the treatment of recurrent NPC (rNPC) patients, mainly dominated by the conventional open surgery. However, the traditional surgery was accompanied by high rate of treatment-induced complications and low rate of block removal, which greatly limited the surgical application to the treatment of primary NPC. With the continuous improvement in surgical techniques, especially the electronic endoscopic system to be used in the surgical treatment recently, endoscopic nasopharyngectomy can largely overcome these shortcomings of traditional surgery mentioned above. In addition, the investigators retrospectively analyzed the survival outcomes of 9 patients with NPC (all T1N0M0 according to the UICC / AJCC seventh staging) treated with endoscopic nasopharyngectomy in our hospital, with 5-year rate of overall survival, loco-regional-free survival, distant metastasis-free survival of 100%. Therefore, the investigators considered endoscopic nasopharyngectomy for staged I NPC patients feasible. This study will focus on the survival outcomes and quality of life of the staged I NPC patients treated with endoscopic nasopharyngectomy.