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Active Not Recruiting NA INTERVENTIONAL 2-arm NCT02617186

Robotic Lobectomy vs. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer: RCT

Robotic Lobectomy vs. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Sponsor: St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Conditions Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Thoracic Surgery
Interventions Robotic thoracic surgery Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Updated 17 times since 2017 Last updated: Sep 11, 2025 Started: Jan 31, 2016 Primary completion: Sep 30, 2021 Completion: Sep 30, 2031
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A NA clinical study on Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, this trial is ongoing. The trial is conducted by St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and has accumulated 17 data snapshots since 2016. Oncology trials at this stage typically focus on safety, tolerability, and early efficacy signals.

Status Flow

~Jan 2017 – ~Feb 2017 · 31 days · monthly snapshot~Feb 2017 – ~Jun 2018 · 16 months · monthly snapshot~Jun 2018 – ~Feb 2019 · 8 months · monthly snapshot~Feb 2019 – ~Mar 2019 · 28 days · monthly snapshot~Mar 2019 – ~Apr 2020 · 13 months · monthly snapshot~Apr 2020 – ~Dec 2020 · 8 months · monthly snapshot~Dec 2020 – ~Jan 2021 · 31 days · monthly snapshot~Jan 2021 – ~Oct 2021 · 9 months · monthly snapshot~Oct 2021 – ~Dec 2021 · 2 months · monthly snapshot~Dec 2021 – ~Dec 2022 · 12 months · monthly snapshot~Dec 2022 – ~Dec 2023 · 12 months · monthly snapshot~Dec 2023 – ~Jul 2024 · 7 months · monthly snapshot~Jul 2024 – ~Sep 2024 · 2 months · monthly snapshot~Sep 2024 – ~Jan 2025 · 4 months · monthly snapshot~Jan 2025 – ~Apr 2025 · 3 months · monthly snapshot~Apr 2025 – ~Oct 2025 · 6 months · monthly snapshot~Oct 2025 – present · 9 months · monthly snapshot

Change History

17 versions recorded

  1. Oct 2025 — Present [monthly]

    Active Not Recruiting NA

    Status: Recruiting → Active Not Recruiting

  2. Apr 2025 — Oct 2025 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  3. Jan 2025 — Apr 2025 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  4. Sep 2024 — Jan 2025 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  5. Jul 2024 — Sep 2024 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

▶ Show 12 earlier versions

  1. Dec 2023 — Jul 2024 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  2. Dec 2022 — Dec 2023 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  3. Dec 2021 — Dec 2022 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  4. Oct 2021 — Dec 2021 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  5. Jan 2021 — Oct 2021 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  6. Dec 2020 — Jan 2021 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  7. Apr 2020 — Dec 2020 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  8. Mar 2019 — Apr 2020 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

    Status: Unknown Status → Recruiting

  9. Feb 2019 — Mar 2019 [monthly]

    Unknown Status NA

    Status: Recruiting → Unknown Status

  10. Jun 2018 — Feb 2019 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  11. Feb 2017 — Jun 2018 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  12. Jan 2017 — Feb 2017 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

    First recorded

Jan 2016

Trial started

Per CT.gov start date — pre-dates our first snapshot

Eligibility Summary

No eligibility information available.

Contact Information

Sponsor contact:
  • St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
  • St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
  • University Hospital, Rouen
  • University of Florida
  • University of Melbourne / Barwon Health (Geelong, Australia)
  • University of Melbourne / St. Vincent's Private Hospital (Fitzroy, Australia)
  • University of Toronto / Toronto General Hospital
Data source: St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

For direct contact, visit the study record on ClinicalTrials.gov .

Study Locations