Renal Donor Comparison of Outcomes: Hand Assist Versus Laparoscopic Nephrectomy

This study has been terminated.

( Principal investigator left institution. )

First Received: April 13, 2007 Last Updated: October 10, 2008 History of Changes

Sponsor:	Columbia University
Information provided by:	Columbia University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00460889

Purpose

This study is designed to look at outcomes of patients who have undergone hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy versus totally laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Condition	Intervention
Living Renal Donor	Procedure: donor nephrectomy

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Retrospective
Official Title:	Renal Donor Comparison of Outcomes: Hand Assist Versus Laparoscopic Nephrectomy

Further study details as provided by Columbia University:

Biospecimen Retention: None Retained

Biospecimen Description:

Estimated Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	October 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2009

Intervention Details:

The objective of this protocol is to look at the outcomes of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy performed by using hand assisted (HA)or entirely laparoscopic (LDN) surgical techniques. To define the advantages of each technique, we will use records of patients who underwent laparoscopic live kidney donation with HALDN.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 80 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Surgical clinic

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

any person undergoing minimally invasive donor nephrectomy surgery at NewYork Hospital/Columbia.

Exclusion Criteria:

any person undergoing open donor nephrectomy surgery at NewYork Hospital/Columbia.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00460889

Locations

United States, New York
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York, United States, 10032

Sponsors and Collaborators

Columbia University

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Dennis L Fowler, MD

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Columbia University ( Dennis Fowler )
Study ID Numbers:	AAAB9478
Study First Received:	April 13, 2007
Last Updated:	October 10, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00460889 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Columbia University:

hand assist
laparoscopy
renal donor
outcomes

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 05, 2009