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da Vinci Surgical System Model IS4000 for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (FIND Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By John de Almeida, MD
Research Sponsored by University Health Network, Toronto
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Age >= 18
Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (T0,N1-3,M0) to at least one regional lymph node of the neck (includes N1-N3) based on fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy, core biopsy, excisional biopsy, or neck dissection
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 2 years
Awards & highlights

FIND Trial Summary

This trial is testing a new way to find small mouth and throat cancers using a robot. If it works, it could help reduce side effects from treatment.

Eligible Conditions
  • Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

FIND Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

FIND Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~2 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 2 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Determination of the rate of out-of-field failures following treatment
Secondary outcome measures
Adverse Events (AE) monitoring
Determination of patterns of failure by location
Determination of proportions of occult oropharyngeal cancers identified
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FIND Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: da Vinci Surgical System Model IS4000Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Transoral robotic surgery, followed by tailored radiotherapy

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University Health Network, TorontoLead Sponsor
1,468 Previous Clinical Trials
484,468 Total Patients Enrolled
John de Almeida, MDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity Health Network, Toronto

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
Journal of Clinical OncologyJournal
Human Papillomavirus and Rising Oropharyngeal Cancer Incidence in the United States
Chaturvedi, Anil K., Eric A. Engels, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Brenda Y. Hernandez, Weihong Xiao, Esther Kim, Bo Jiang, et al.. 2011. “Human Papillomavirus and Rising Oropharyngeal Cancer Incidence in the United States”. Journal of Clinical Oncology. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). doi:10.1200/jco.2011.36.4596.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Transoral Robotic Surgery and Tailored Radiotherapy in Unknown Primary and Small Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer
2017. "Transoral Robotic Surgery and Tailored Radiotherapy in Unknown Primary and Small Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03281499.
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