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Status unknownNCT04844671Updated Apr 28, 2022

Patients' Expectations About Effects of Robotic Surgery for Cancer

An observational study in Cancer, Robotic Surgery and Patients' Expectations, sponsored by First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-28.

Sponsored by First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University · Observational

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Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
3,000
Sex
All
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Study summary

Robotic surgery for common surgical procedures is on the rise despite limited evidence to support its clinical benefit. We intend to to map and characterize the prevalence of the patients'expectation that robotic surgery might be superior to open or laparoscopic procedures and to identify the sociodemographic, clinical and organisational factors associated with this expectation.

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With the progress of modern medicine, minimally invasive surgical technology has become the main theme in the field of contemporary surgery. As a rising star, the Da Vinci robotic surgery system provides surgeons with a more comprehensive surgical vision, more flexible instrument control, finer anatomy, and more natural comfort compared to open surgery and laparoscopic surgery. However, due to the lack of long-term theoretical basis, the evidence to support its clinical benefits is limited, and its application is limited by related postoperative complications and high operation-related costs. At present, the number of Da Vinci robotic surgery is steadily increasing around the world, but what are the expectations of patients that robotic surgery may be better than open or laparoscopic surgery? It is also unclear what reasons are related to this established expectation. Therefore, we intend to map and characterize the prevalence of the patients' expectation that robotic surgery might be superior to open or laparoscopic procedures and to identify the sociodemographic, clinical and organisational factors associated with this expectation.

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Conditions studied

  • Cancer
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Patients' Expectations

Keywords

  • Patients' Expectations
  • Robotic surgery
  • Cancer
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In context

Lead sponsor

First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University is the lead sponsor of 306 studies on the registry; 86 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All patients who have undergone Da Vinci robotic surgery in the first affiliated hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University in the past five years

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of Cancer
  • Have undergone tumor resection with Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System
  • Volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with mental illness
  • Cognitive dysfunction
  • Cannot complete the questionnaire independently
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
3,000 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
1 Year
Patient registry
Yes

Interventions

  • Deviceda Vinci Surgical Systems

    The da Vinci Surgical Systems enable surgeons to perform delicate and complex operations through a few small incisions with robotic assisted surgery.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Factors Associated With Patients' Decisions Factors Associated With Patients'Decisions to Choose Robotic Surgery

    Factors Associated With Patients'Trends in the Adoption of Robotic Surgery for Common Surgical Procedures。According to the relevant regulations of the hospital inpatient satisfaction survey, we have developed a satisfaction rating scale, the evaluation is divided into five grades: "very satisfied" = 5, "relatively satisfied" = 4, "general" = 3, "not very satisfied" = 2, "very dissatisfied" = 1, the total score is 1-5.

    Time frame: 2021.4-2022.4

Secondary outcomes

  1. Social demographic characteristics

    Age, Sex, Education, Occupation

    Time frame: 2021.4-2022.4

  2. Economic status

    The ability to pay for medical expenses and the type of medical insurance.Based on the types of medical insurance in China, our survey design is divided into four categories: 1. China new rural cooperative medical system; 2. The medical insurance for urban residents; 3. The medical insurance for urban workers; 4. Commercial insurance. According to China's national income level, our survey design is divided into three stages: personal annual income below 50,000 RMB, 50,000-100,000 RMB, and more than 100,000 RMB.

    Time frame: 2021.4-2022.4

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'An Jiaotong University
    Xi'an, Shaanxi 70061, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Study Protocol

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 28, 2022, 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
NCT04844671
Lead sponsor
First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 14, 2021
Start date
Apr 20, 2021
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 30, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 28, 2022

Study contacts

Yong Zhang, DR
Contact
yongzhang761@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
008685324610
Rui Jia
Contact
jrdoc123@163.com
008613576945538
Yong Zhang
study director · First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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