Recruiting

Open vs. Robotic

Sponsor:

Lucas Beffa

Code:

NCT05472987

Conditions

Ventral Hernia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Ventral Hernia Repair

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a randomized trial comparing open retromuscular ventral hernia repair to robotic retromuscular ventral hernia repair.

Conditions

Ventral Hernia

Study ID

NCT05472987

Start date

Jul 25, 2022

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Aug 1, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years and older
  • 7 cm to 15 cm wide hernia midline defects
  • BMI less than or equal to 45
  • Patient deemed both an open and robotic candidate by operating surgeon

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 17 years old or younger
  • prisoners
  • pregnant patients
  • Emergent patients
  • BMI greater than 45
  • Hernia defects less than 7 cm or greater than 15 cm in width

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Open Ventral Hernia Repair

These patients will undergo open retromuscular ventral hernia repairs

active comparator: Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair

These patients will undergo robotic retromuscular ventral hernia repairs.

Interventions

Ventral Hernia Repair

Patients will undergo retromuscular ventral hernia repair

Primary outcome measure

  • Length of Stay [ Time Frame: 30 days ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Lucas Beffa, MD

216-445-5975beffal@ccf.org

Riley Wilkinson, MD

wilkinr3@ccf.org

Locations

University of Florida Health

Recruiting

Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608

University Hospitals

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106

Contacts

Samuel Zolin, MD

216-844-8741samuel.zolin@uhhospitals.org

Neha Pervez

neha.pervez@uhhospitals.org

Cleveland Clinic

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195

Contacts

Lucas Beffa, MD

216-445-5975Beffal@ccf.org

Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital

Recruiting

Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29605

Contacts

Abby Birrell

864-522-2100abby.birrell@prismahealth.org

Principal Investigator:

Jeremy Warren, MD

University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville

Recruiting

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37920

Contacts

Kaela Blake, MD

kblake@utmck.edu

Tiffany Johnson

thjohnson@utmck.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Lucas Beffa

Last update posted

Aug 14, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Robotic
  • Hernia
  • Ventral hernia
  • Open hernia
  • Mesh

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-10-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Lucas Beffa on 2026-08-14. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.