Robots that feel: new study tests Touch-Sensitive surgery tools
NCT ID NCT06879912
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study watches how force feedback instruments work during robot-assisted surgeries with the da Vinci 5 system. About 200 adults having hernia, colorectal, thoracic, gynecologic, or partial kidney removal surgery will take part. The goal is to see how these tools help surgeons control the force they apply to tissue, potentially making operations safer and more precise.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Subjects who will undergo the study specified procedure as primary procedure with da Vinci 5 robot and who meet all eligibility criteria will be considered for enrollment.
- Ages
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22 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Pre-Operative Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 22 years or older 2. ASA ≤ 3 3. The clinical decision has been made to perform multi-port robotic assisted surgery with da Vinci 5 with Force Feedback instruments for the study specified procedure as primary procedure prior to enrollment in the study 4. Subject or a legally authorized representative is able to provide written informed consent using the study informed consent form prior to the study 5. Subject is willing and able to comply with the study protocol requirements including follow up schedule Pre-operative Exclusion Criteria: * Subject receiving an emergent procedure * Subject planned to undergo major concomitant surgery for the treatment of a different medical condition than was originally planned * Subject with previous ipsilateral surgery (open, endoscopic or robotic) with the same surgical indication * Subject with past or ongoing medical conditions (for example: inflammatory bowel disease) which, in the judgment of the Investigator, puts them at high risk for surgery and not appropriate for the study * Subject is pregnant or suspected to be pregnant or breastfeeding * Subject has any other condition or personal circumstance that, in the judgment of the Investigator, might interfere with the collection of complete quality data * Subject is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or a significant risk investigational device study within the past 6 months * Subject belongs to a vulnerable population. * Subject is contraindicated for anesthesia or surgery. Intra-operative Exclusion Criteria * Subject with hemodynamic or respiratory instability, which precludes the Investigator from performing the RAS. * Subject in whom inadequate visualization makes a minimally invasive approach not feasible, as determined from the investigator assessment prior to docking the robot. * Subject with adhesions, scarring and disease status in the body which in the opinion of the investigator limits the ability to perform the minimally invasive procedure.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc
Gainesville, Georgia, 30501, United States
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Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, California, 92123, United States
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St. David's Healthcare
Austin, Texas, 78758, United States
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University of Miami
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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