Recruiting

Pancreatic Tumors

Sponsor:

Methodist Health System

Code:

NCT05128890

Conditions

Surgery

Liver Tumor

Pancreas Tumor

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Resection techniques for pancreatic and liver tumors

Study Details

Brief summary:

The objective of this study is to compare open and minimally invasive pancreatic and liver resection techniques and analyze the different outcome variables from the clinical standpoint.

The plan is to investigate patient survival, length of stay, complication rates, operative time, transfusion rate, 30 and 90-day readmission rate, and hospital charges.

Conditions

Surgery

Liver Tumor

Pancreas Tumor

Study ID

NCT05128890

Start date

Apr 16, 2016

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Apr 26, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr 26, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients that have undergone pancreatic or liver resection surgeries from January 2006 until December 2020 at Methodist Dallas Medical Center (MDMC)
  • Patients 18 years old or older

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients that have not undergone pancreatic resection surgeries
  • Patients under 18 years of age

Study Design

Enrollment

431 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Resection techniques for pancreatic and liver tumors

to compare open versus minimally invasive pancreatic resection techniques and analyze the different outcome variables from the clinical standpoint

Primary outcome measure

  • Patient Survival [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year ]
  • Length of stay [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]
  • Complication rates [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year ]
  • Operative time [ Time Frame: up to 10 hours ]
  • Transfusion rate [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year ]
  • 30 and 90 day readmission rate [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year ]
  • Hospital charges [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Colette N Ndjom, MS

214-947-4681ClinicalResearch@mhd.com

Jennifer Kirchner

214-947-4459jenniferkirchner@mhd.com

Locations

Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75203

Contacts

Colette N Ndjom, MS

(214) 947-4681mhsirb@mhd.com

Jennifer Kirchner

214-947-4459jenniferkirchner@mhd.com

Principal Investigator:

Alejandro Mejia, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Methodist Health System

Last update posted

Mar 20, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Methodist Health System on 2026-03-20.