# Comparison of Post-operative Pain and Quality of Life Between Subxiphoid and Intercostal VATS for Lung Cancer

> **NCT03331588** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China** · enrollment: 200 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Lung Neoplasms
- Thoracic Surgery
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- Lung Diseases
- Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
- Thoracic Neoplasm

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Subxiphoid uniportal VATS
- **PROCEDURE:** Intercostal uniportal VATS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03331588
- **Lead sponsor:** Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-11-10
- **Primary completion:** 2020-02-28
- **Final completion:** 2020-02-28
- **Target enrollment:** 200 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-02


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03331588

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03331588, "Comparison of Post-operative Pain and Quality of Life Between Subxiphoid and Intercostal VATS for Lung Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03331588. Licensed CC0.

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