Robot-Assisted breast reconstruction: smaller incisions, big hopes
NCT ID NCT07222514
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a single-port robotic system can safely harvest tissue from the abdomen for breast reconstruction. Four women who need DIEP flap reconstruction will undergo the procedure. The goal is to see if the robotic approach is feasible and leads to fewer complications and smaller scars.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Single-Port Robotic System
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make DIEP flap breast reconstruction less invasive, with smaller incisions and potentially faster recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early feasibility study with only 4 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Risks include surgical complications like flap failure or infection.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 4 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Female patients aged ≥18 years. * Candidates for unilateral or bilateral breast reconstruction using a DIEP flap. * No contraindications for general anesthesia or robotic surgery. * Patients with adequate abdominal donor tissue for DIEP flap harvest. Exclusion Criteria: * History of prior abdominal surgery that significantly compromises perforator vessel integrity. * Pregnant woman. * Prisoners. * BMI \> 35, as measured during the preoperative evaluation. * Presence of comorbidities that contraindicate elective surgery. * Active cancer other than breast cancer at the time of evaluation. * Active metastatic disease confirmed via imaging or biopsy. * Inability to comply with follow-up visits. * The research team decides to exclude the patient.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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