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CompletedNCT00860483Updated Dec 5, 2012

Correlation of Laparoscopic Experience and Functional Brain Activation: A PET Scan Study

An interventional study of observational in Brain Function, sponsored by Northwell Health. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 25 Years to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-12-05.

Sponsored by Northwell Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
25 Years to 50 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of the research is to determine how practicing laparoscopic motor tasks affects the functional anatomy of the brain, and to investigate whether there is a correlation between surgical experience and functional brain activition. Additionaly, the investigators plan to use eye-tracking technology to see if the use of this technology can distinguish surgeons of various skill levels. The investigators hope that this study leads to new and effective methods of training surgical residents. All of the data will be collected at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and may be used in future studies, which may or may not be related to urological diseases.

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Conditions studied

  • Brain Function

Keywords

  • Comparison of experienced and novice laparoscopic surgeons
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In context

Lead sponsor

Northwell Health is the lead sponsor of 463 studies on the registry; 109 are open to participants now.

Of its 40 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 20 (50%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
25 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Urology resident or fellow at Long-Island Jewish Hospital
  2. Urology attending surgeon with previous laparoscopic experience
  3. Medical Student Research Fellow with no previous laparoscopic experience
  4. Right hand dominant subjects
  5. No known neorologic defect reported by the subject -

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Left-hand dominant subjects
  2. Self-reported neurologic defect reported by the subject -
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    observational

    This is an observational study. no intervention occurs in subjects. their performance in a laparoscopic trainer is observed and correlated with brain activity

    Other: observational

Interventions

  • Otherobservational

    PET Scan

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Laparoscopic experience

    Time frame: 2010

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Study locations

1 site
  • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
    Manhasset, New York 11030, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 5, 2012, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00860483
Lead sponsor
Northwell Health
Responsible party
Louis Kavoussi (Chairman of Urology, Northwell Health) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 12, 2009
Start date
Feb 2008
Primary completion
Feb 2009
Completion
Nov 2009
Last update
Dec 5, 2012

Study contacts

Louis R. Kavoussi, MD
principal investigator · Northwell Health

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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