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Safety of Laparoscopic ChOlecystectomy Performed by Trainee Surgeons With Different CHolangiographic Techniques (SCOTCH)

Primary Purpose

Cholecystitis; Gallstone

Status
Unknown status
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Italy
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
IOC
Sponsored by
Università Politecnica delle Marche
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional prevention trial for Cholecystitis; Gallstone

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - 99 Years (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • Patient age ≥ 18 years
  • Patient able to give consent to the procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Open cholecystectomy
  • Emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • Allergy towards iodine or indocyanine green
  • Liver or renal insufficiency
  • Thyrotoxicosis
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Legally incompetent for any reason
  • Withdrawal of inclusion consent at any time
  • Age outside inclusion range

Sites / Locations

  • Università Politecnica delle Marche, Clinica ChirurgicaRecruiting

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm 3

Arm Type

Active Comparator

Experimental

Experimental

Arm Label

Critical view of Safety (CVS-WL)

Intra-operative Cholangiography (IOC)

Near-Infra Red Cholangiography (NIR-C)

Arm Description

Group CVS-WL (control group): the visualization of the biliary tree is achieved in white light, without the utilization of an intraoperative imaging technique, the CVS in white light was selected as the control group since it constitutes the actual recognized standard in clinical practice.

Group IOC: the visualization of the biliary tree is achieved with the help of intraoperative cholangiography

Group NIR-C: the visualization of the biliary tree is achieved with the help of near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Time to obtain the CVS during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
The primary objective is to compare NIFC, IOC and CVS-WL for identification of the junction between the cystic duct, the common hepatic duct and the CBD during LC performed by general surgery trainee always supported by an expert surgeon. The technique will be considered successful when the CVS will be achieved. The time to achieve the CVS will be recorded by an independent surgeon who will be present in the operative room during the procedure

Secondary Outcome Measures

length of hospital stay
measured in days from the intervention to discharge
short term complications (reported with a descriptive name of scale and entered in an excel sheet)
every unexpected event that will occur in the early post-operative period will be reported namely, the most likely that are thought to occur are bile leak, fever, pain
Operative time
time from the first incision to trocars extraction
Intraoperative complications will be recorded namely as a descriptive variable and at the end of the study the frequency of each complication will be reported
every unexpected event that will occur in the intra-operative period will be reported namely and at the end of the study frequencies of them will be provided
Need for conversion will be reported as a binomial variable and participants will be asked to feel the appropriate spaces with a 1 for yes and 0 for no, at the end the frequency of conversion occurrence will be provided
Binomial scale
Causes for conversion will be reported as a descriptive variable and at the end of the study frequencies will be reported
every event that will make conversion to open surgery necessary will be reported namely and at the end of the study frequencies of each of them will be provided
Type of BDI
the type of IBD will be enlisted as nominal variables, the singular type of complication will be reported as frequencies
rate of BDI
the occurrence of BDI will be reported and showed as a rate at the end of the study
Type of post-operative admission
recorded as a nominal variable and aimed to assess the necessity of an intensive care unit admission
Intensive care unit stay
measured as days spent in ICU unity

Full Information

First Posted
April 12, 2021
Last Updated
October 1, 2021
Sponsor
Università Politecnica delle Marche
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT04863482
Brief Title
Safety of Laparoscopic ChOlecystectomy Performed by Trainee Surgeons With Different CHolangiographic Techniques
Acronym
SCOTCH
Official Title
Safety of Laparoscopic ChOlecystectomy Performed by Trainee Surgeons With Different CHolangiographic Techniques
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
October 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
June 1, 2021 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2021 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2021 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Università Politecnica delle Marche

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.
No
Data Monitoring Committee
Yes

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) gained popularity among general surgeons in 1990s and rapidly become one of the most commonly performed procedures in digestive surgery, with more than one million cholecystectomies being performed in the United States per year. LC remains also one of the most commonly performed procedure by general surgeons during the training period. Even if previous report LC cases performed by surgical trainees (ST) are not associated with higher operative morbidity, the length of operative time is significantly increased when compared with that of LC cases performed by attending surgeons, due, most of all, to difficulties in identifying the anatomical structure, and this sometimes leads to an attending surgeon taking away the case from the trainee. Furthermore, despite the fact that LC has proven to be a safe procedure, the rate of common bile duct (BDI) injury still remains unacceptably high even in the hands of minimally invasive trained surgeons ranging from 0.2 to 1.5% in individual reports, much higher than initial reports, associated with significant morbidity and mortality, lower quality of life and increased costs, related to additional health care measures, loss of work days, and insurance claims. The aim of this study is to address which of the techniques now available could be addressed as the best option in a training setting to enhance the learning curve, to ideally build a safe cholecystectomy training program and virtually eliminate the risk of BDI due to anatomic misinterpretation during the training period.
Detailed Description
Study design The study will be a multicentre prospective observational study. Members of the Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery [SICE] will be invited to participate. All participating centers will be required to register the study according to local regulations. Evidence of successful registration should be sent to your national network committee prior to beginning of data collection. Rationale for Study Design Since to date there is no consensus on which is the best technique to correctly identify the anatomy of the Calot's triangle during LC performed by ST, this trial would aim to propose a standard technique to be used in this peculiar setting. Potential Benefit for Patients In teaching hospitals and, more generally in a training setting, overcoming the problem of providing high surgical quality while educating ST can be challenging. This may change in the future if residents are able to better identify the anatomy with Intra-operative fluorescent cholangiography (IOIFC), shortening the learning curve and improving the safety profile of LC, that, in a clinical point of view, would translate into a shorter operative times and reduction of the potential risk of BDI. Patient Risk There are no additional risks on the participation of this study as no additional procedures are being performed to clinical guidance. In accordance with standard care, patients shall receive written information regarding the index procedure. Evaluated parameters i) Age ii) Sex iii) ASA scores iv) Preoperative work up v) Type of procedure (CVS-WL, NIFC, IOC) vi) Operative parameters (operative time, intraoperative complications) vii) BDI (according to the ATOM classification) viii) How the BDI was diagnosed intraoperatively ix) Duration of cholangiography x) Time needed to obtain a CVS xi) Post-operative outcomes (post-operative complications, late complications, need of readmission, length of hospital stay) xii) Surgeons' ease at performing the procedure (questionnaire on identification of anatomical structures, NASA task load test) xiii) Surgeons' satisfaction (visual analog scale) Selection of Subjects Consecutive eligible patients will be recruited at the outpatient clinic in the participating center by the involved physician (surgeon). All patients fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria will be informed about the study by the physician. After consent is given, central data acquisition will take place web-based and patients will treated according to the study protocol. Consent Potential participants will be counselled by a member of the research team directly involved with the study and who hold good clinical practice certification. Patients will be provided with written information and the consent form at the time of counselling with an opportunity to ask any questions. All patients participating in the study must hold capacity- this is an inclusion criteria and the absence of it an exclusion criteria. Study procedures Critical view of Safety(CVS) The CVS has 3 requirements. First, the triangle of Calot must be cleared of fat and fibrous tissue. It does not require that the common bile duct be exposed. The second requirement is that the lowest part of the gallbladder be separated from the cystic plate, the flat fibrous surface to which the non peritonealized side of the gallbladder is attached. The cystic plate, which is sometimes referred to as the liver bed of the gallbladder, is part of the plate/sheath system of the liver. The third requirement is that 2 structures, and only 2, should be seen entering the gallbladder. Once these 3 criteria have been fulfilled, CVS has been attained). The rationale of CVS is based on a 2-step method for ductal identification that was and continues to be used in open cholecystectomy. First, by dissection in the triangle of Calot, the cystic duct and artery are putatively identified and looped with ligatures. Next, the gallbladder is completely dissected off the cystic plate, demonstrating that the 2 structures are the only structures still attached to the gallbladder. Time consumption and includes the period from the initial dissection and the obtaining of an acceptable view according to the previously described criteria in order to safely transect the cystic duct. Intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) IOC is performed after dissection of the cystic duct in a standardised manner, by cannulation of the cystic duct with a catheter using either a Kumar or Olsen grasper. Leakage is controlled by injecting saline prior to injection of iodine contrast means, according to the centre usual habits. A mobile X-ray C-arm system is used, and the monochrome X-ray image is shown on a separate screen. After satisfactory identification of the extra-hepatic biliary ducts, the intraoperative cholangiography is discontinued and the gallbladder is removed in a standardised manner. Time consumption includes the period from application of the Kumar/Olsen grasper until it is removed again after obtaining a satisfactory cholangiogram and the cystic duct is transected. Near infrared cholangiography (NIR-C) NIFC is performed injecting intravenously, 2.5-7.5 mg of indocyanine green (0.2 mg/kg) at the admission of the patients into the hospital, in patients admitted he same day of surgery, and at least 45 mins before the acquisition of the images. Indocyanine green rapidly binds to plasma proteins and is exclusively and entirely excreted by the hepatic parenchymal cells into the bile, starting within a few minutes after injection. During dissection, the fluorescence imaging mode is used when needed until critical view of safety is obtained. Before division of any tubular structure, the fluorescence imaging mode is routinely used again, and fluorescent angiography is performed by re-injecting the same dose of indocyanine green as initially used. After division of the cystic duct and artery, the fluorescence imaging mode is applied again to check for bile leakage. Time consumption and includes the period from the initial dissection and the obtaining of an acceptable CVS and transect the cystic duct. Statistical analysis Descriptive statistics will be provided for all discrete variables in the form of rates and proportions with 95% confidence intervals. Continuous variables will be described by mean, standard deviation, median and range. Overall survival, disease free survival, local recurrence rate and metastasis rate will be estimated using the method of Kaplan Meier. Exploratory comparisons of discrete variables will be performed using a Chi-squared test, using continuity correction or Fisher's exact test. Continuous variables will be compared using a Student's t-test, or a non-parametric equivalent (Wilcoxon). All tests will be two sided with a p-value of less than 0.05 considered to indicate statistical significance. Data will be analysed according to intention-to treat principles. Sample size Sample size was estimated using simulations for a superiority design. Assuming a success rate of 80% for the conventional intraoperative cholangiography, 90 % for the intraoperative fluorescent cholangiography and . This was done for a range of sample sizes. We then analysed each dataset to test whether intraoperative fluorescent cholangiography was no more than 10% inferior to conventional intraoperative cholangiography in a one-sided test applying a 5% level of significance. In conclusion, 60 patients in each group would yield a power of 90%. Prior to data collection, assuming a baseline structure detection rate of 20%, 300 subjects per group was the estimated sample size needed to detect a 10% absolute increase (from 20 to 30%) in extrahepatic biliary structure visualization rates, with 95% confidence and 80% power. In addition to comparing structure detection rates between the 2 study arms, exploratory analysis was performed to identify potential effect modifiers like age, sex, body mass index (BMI), liver Based on power calculations to demonstrate superiority of NBI over WLE for the endoscopic diagnosis of coeliac disease, 328 patients would be required in total (44 in each group): calculated using a significance level (alpha) 5%, power 1 (beta) 95%, %success in control (WLE) group 60% [25] and % success in experimental group (NBI) 91%. The sample size has been considered with reference to (1) recruitment (2) adequately powered calculations to be conducted to address the outcomes including inter-observer variation. Expected Duration of Trial The trial is expected to run for 6 months (time from first patient recruitment to last patient evaluation). Data analysis will take a maximum of 3 months after this time. 11. Ethics & Regulatory Approvals The trial will be conducted in compliance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (1996), the principles of GCP and in accordance with all applicable regulatory requirements including but not limited to the Research Governance Framework and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004, as amended in 2006 and any subsequent amendments. This study protocol will be submitted for local REC review in addition with patient information leaflet and consent form. The protocol/ any amendments will follow the local REC process. The chief investigator shall provide annual REC reports as required and will notify the REC at the end of the study. If the study is ended prematurely, the Chief Investigator will notify the REC, including the reasons for the premature termination. Data Handling The Chief Investigator will act as custodian for the trial data. The following guidelines will be strictly adhered to: All study data will be: Stored in line with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Amended Regulations 2006 and the Data Protection Act. archived in line with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Amended Regulations 2006 as defined in the Joint Clinical Trials Office Archiving SOP

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Cholecystitis; Gallstone

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Enrollment
1500 (Anticipated)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Critical view of Safety (CVS-WL)
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Group CVS-WL (control group): the visualization of the biliary tree is achieved in white light, without the utilization of an intraoperative imaging technique, the CVS in white light was selected as the control group since it constitutes the actual recognized standard in clinical practice.
Arm Title
Intra-operative Cholangiography (IOC)
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Group IOC: the visualization of the biliary tree is achieved with the help of intraoperative cholangiography
Arm Title
Near-Infra Red Cholangiography (NIR-C)
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Group NIR-C: the visualization of the biliary tree is achieved with the help of near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography
Intervention Type
Procedure
Intervention Name(s)
IOC
Other Intervention Name(s)
NIR-C
Intervention Description
intra-operative cholangiography near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Time to obtain the CVS during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Description
The primary objective is to compare NIFC, IOC and CVS-WL for identification of the junction between the cystic duct, the common hepatic duct and the CBD during LC performed by general surgery trainee always supported by an expert surgeon. The technique will be considered successful when the CVS will be achieved. The time to achieve the CVS will be recorded by an independent surgeon who will be present in the operative room during the procedure
Time Frame
operative period
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
length of hospital stay
Description
measured in days from the intervention to discharge
Time Frame
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Title
short term complications (reported with a descriptive name of scale and entered in an excel sheet)
Description
every unexpected event that will occur in the early post-operative period will be reported namely, the most likely that are thought to occur are bile leak, fever, pain
Time Frame
up to 30 days from operation
Title
Operative time
Description
time from the first incision to trocars extraction
Time Frame
operative period
Title
Intraoperative complications will be recorded namely as a descriptive variable and at the end of the study the frequency of each complication will be reported
Description
every unexpected event that will occur in the intra-operative period will be reported namely and at the end of the study frequencies of them will be provided
Time Frame
operative period
Title
Need for conversion will be reported as a binomial variable and participants will be asked to feel the appropriate spaces with a 1 for yes and 0 for no, at the end the frequency of conversion occurrence will be provided
Description
Binomial scale
Time Frame
operative period
Title
Causes for conversion will be reported as a descriptive variable and at the end of the study frequencies will be reported
Description
every event that will make conversion to open surgery necessary will be reported namely and at the end of the study frequencies of each of them will be provided
Time Frame
operative period
Title
Type of BDI
Description
the type of IBD will be enlisted as nominal variables, the singular type of complication will be reported as frequencies
Time Frame
operative period
Title
rate of BDI
Description
the occurrence of BDI will be reported and showed as a rate at the end of the study
Time Frame
operative period
Title
Type of post-operative admission
Description
recorded as a nominal variable and aimed to assess the necessity of an intensive care unit admission
Time Frame
immediate post-operative period
Title
Intensive care unit stay
Description
measured as days spent in ICU unity
Time Frame
up to 24 weeks
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
Surgeon's satisfaction
Description
Surgeon's satisfaction will be measured with a visual analog scale (minimun value 0,maximum value 5) thet the operating surgeon will have to complete at the end of the operationeons' satisfaction will be assessed with a VAS analog scale that the operating
Time Frame
operative period
Title
Surgeon's task load
Description
Surgeons will be asked to complete the NASA-TLX workload assessment questionnaire at the end of the operation
Time Frame
operative period

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
99 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patient scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy Patient age ≥ 18 years Patient able to give consent to the procedure Exclusion Criteria: Open cholecystectomy Emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy Allergy towards iodine or indocyanine green Liver or renal insufficiency Thyrotoxicosis Pregnancy or lactation Legally incompetent for any reason Withdrawal of inclusion consent at any time Age outside inclusion range
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Monica Ortenzi, MD
Phone
0039 3924770853
Email
monica.ortenzi@gmail.com
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Mario Guerrieri, MD
Phone
00390715963084
Email
guerrieri.m@libero.it
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Monica Ortenzi, MD
Organizational Affiliation
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Clinica Chirurgica
City
Ancona
ZIP/Postal Code
60126
Country
Italy
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Monica Ortenzi, MD
Phone
0039 3924770853
Email
monica.ortenzi@gmail.com

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Plan to Share IPD
No
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