Skip to content
← Pituitary Tumors

NCT02743442 · STUDY IN CONTEXT

Da Vinci Transoral Robotic-assisted Surgery of Pituitary Gland

Draft scope assessment: narrower. Linked by condition-string match at the cancer-entity level. The study's eligibility - stage, biomarker, treatment line and prior therapy - has not been reconciled against this page's definition, so its population is narrower than this page in ways not yet recorded. The condition was transformed or resolved through the terminology hierarchy to reach this cancer type, so the link itself is a candidate a reviewer must confirm. Found by searching ClinicalTrials.gov for this cancer type, restricted to studies that have posted results to the registry. No FDA notice, FDA label or NCI summary held by this site cites this study. Because the search asked for posted results, studies without posted results were never looked for, so their absence from this page means nothing.

Read the full study record and all posted results →

Linked outcomes

Measures are not ranked. Open each original source section for treatment groups, denominators, units and results.

Reported safety

Serious events are not the same as severe events. Compare the original safety groups and their at-risk populations.

Open the study safety table →

Quality of life and patient-reported measures

No linked quality-of-life measure is recorded for this setting and study.

Full draft applicability and source-link record
trial
release id
clinical-indications-draft-1
disease state id
ds-pituitary-tumors
nct id
NCT02743442
trial label
Da Vinci Transoral Robotic-assisted Surgery of Pituitary Gland
applicability
narrower
applicability note
Linked by condition-string match at the cancer-entity level. The study's eligibility - stage, biomarker, treatment line and prior therapy - has not been reconciled against this page's definition, so its population is narrower than this page in ways not yet recorded. The condition was transformed or resolved through the terminology hierarchy to reach this cancer type, so the link itself is a candidate a reviewer must confirm.
curation status
draft
reviewed by
Source null
reviewed at
Source null
created at
2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
provenance class
registry-condition-search
discovery note
Found by searching ClinicalTrials.gov for this cancer type, restricted to studies that have posted results to the registry. No FDA notice, FDA label or NCI summary held by this site cites this study. Because the search asked for posted results, studies without posted results were never looked for, so their absence from this page means nothing.
outcome Count
4
harms Count
1
qol Count
0
outcomes
  1. release id
    clinical-indications-draft-1
    disease state id
    ds-pituitary-tumors
    nct id
    NCT02743442
    outcome key
    om-0000
    source section id
    NCT02743442-om-0000
    source outcome index
    0
    endpoint
    Number of Patients Operated Via da Vinci Robot
    endpoint definition
    Number of patients in which the entire sella turcica (including its anterior face) is seen during surgery and reached by the robotic arms
    time origin
    1 day
    analysis role
    primary
    reporting status
    POSTED
    data cutoff
    Source null
    population note
    Among the 8 patients enrolled in this study, 7 were operated using the Vinci robot. The surgery was canceled for one patient with acute coronary syndrome (a serious adverse event not related to the study).
    curation status
    draft
    reviewed by
    Source null
    reviewed at
    Source null
    created at
    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
  2. release id
    clinical-indications-draft-1
    disease state id
    ds-pituitary-tumors
    nct id
    NCT02743442
    outcome key
    om-0001
    source section id
    NCT02743442-om-0001
    source outcome index
    1
    endpoint
    Duration of Surgery
    endpoint definition
    Total duration of surgery: installation, mucosal time, sphenoidal time, resection and closure
    time origin
    3 hours
    analysis role
    secondary
    reporting status
    NOT_POSTED
    data cutoff
    Source null
    population note
    Source null
    curation status
    draft
    reviewed by
    Source null
    reviewed at
    Source null
    created at
    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
  3. release id
    clinical-indications-draft-1
    disease state id
    ds-pituitary-tumors
    nct id
    NCT02743442
    outcome key
    om-0002
    source section id
    NCT02743442-om-0002
    source outcome index
    2
    endpoint
    Number of Severe Adverse Events
    endpoint definition
    An adverse event occurring after the procedure is serious if it causes death, endangers the life of the person who is suitable for research, requires or prolongs hospitalization, causes a significant handicap, results in a congenital malformation, or is considered medically significant.
    time origin
    6 months
    analysis role
    secondary
    reporting status
    NOT_POSTED
    data cutoff
    Source null
    population note
    Source null
    curation status
    draft
    reviewed by
    Source null
    reviewed at
    Source null
    created at
    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
  4. release id
    clinical-indications-draft-1
    disease state id
    ds-pituitary-tumors
    nct id
    NCT02743442
    outcome key
    om-0003
    source section id
    NCT02743442-om-0003
    source outcome index
    3
    endpoint
    Duration of Hospitalization
    endpoint definition
    Duration of hospitalization after surgery
    time origin
    1 month
    analysis role
    secondary
    reporting status
    NOT_POSTED
    data cutoff
    Source null
    population note
    Source null
    curation status
    draft
    reviewed by
    Source null
    reviewed at
    Source null
    created at
    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
arms
  1. release id
    clinical-indications-draft-1
    disease state id
    ds-pituitary-tumors
    nct id
    NCT02743442
    outcome key
    om-0000
    arm key
    OG000
    arm label
    Transoral Surgery
    regimen
    Surgery of the pituitary adenoma via a transoral approach assisted by the da Vinci® Si™ robot
    analyzed count
    7
    analyzed unit
    Participants
    is comparator
    Source null
    source pointer
    NCT02743442-om-0000#groups/OG000
harms
  1. release id
    clinical-indications-draft-1
    disease state id
    ds-pituitary-tumors
    nct id
    NCT02743442
    harm key
    EG000
    source section id
    NCT02743442-ae
    event group key
    EG000
    event group label
    Transoral Surgery
    serious affected
    4
    serious at risk
    8
    other affected
    7
    other at risk
    8
    frequency threshold
    0
    collection period
    6 months
    event definition
    Definition of an adverse event: any harmful manifestation occurring in a person who is amenable to research involving the human person, whether or not the event is related to the research or product to which the research relates. Definition of a serious adverse event: any adverse event that causes death, is life-threatening, requires hospitalization or prolongation, causes disability, results in a congenital malformation, and any event considered medically significant.
    undenominated note
    Source null
    curation status
    draft
    reviewed by
    Source null
    reviewed at
    Source null
    created at
    2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
quality of life
    setting source links

      Preserved source evidence · Not medical advice