# Effect of Virtual Reality Training by Novices on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Porcine Model

> **NCT00460980** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Columbia University**

## Conditions studied

- Gallstones

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Virtual reality laparoscopic simulator training

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00460980
- **Lead sponsor:** Columbia University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2006-05
- **Primary completion:** 2008-04
- **Final completion:** 2008-04
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Principal investigator left institution.
- **Last updated:** 2015-04-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00460980

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00460980, "Effect of Virtual Reality Training by Novices on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Porcine Model". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00460980. Licensed CC0.

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