Minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy (LEOPARD): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Thijs de Rooij; Jony van Hilst; Jantien A. Vogel; Hjalmar C. van Santvoort; Marieke T. de Boer; Djamila Boerma; Peter B. van den Boezem; Bert A. Bonsing; Koop Bosscha; Peter-Paul Coene; Freek Daams; Ronald M. van Dam; Marcel G. Dijkgraaf; Casper H. van Eijck; Sebastiaan Festen; Michael F. Gerhards; Bas Groot Koerkamp; Jeroen Hagendoorn; Erwin van der Harst; Ignace H. de Hingh; Cees H. Dejong; Geert Kazemier; Joost Klaase; Ruben H. de Kleine; Cornelis J. van Laarhoven; Daan J. Lips; Misha D. Luyer; I. Quintus Molenaar; Vincent B. Nieuwenhuijs; Gijs A. Patijn; Daphne Roos; Joris J. Scheepers; George P. van der Schelling; Pascal Steenvoorde; Rutger-Jan Swijnenburg; Jan H. Wijsman; Moh'd Abu Hilal; Olivier R. Busch; Marc G. Besselink; Dutch Pancreatic Canc Grp

doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1892-9

Minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy (LEOPARD): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Thijs de Rooij, Jony van Hilst, Jantien A. Vogel, Hjalmar C. van Santvoort, Marieke T. de Boer, Djamila Boerma, Peter B. van den Boezem, Bert A. Bonsing, Koop Bosscha, Peter-Paul Coene, Freek Daams, Ronald M. van Dam, Marcel G. Dijkgraaf, Casper H. van Eijck, Sebastiaan Festen, Michael F. Gerhards, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Jeroen Hagendoorn, Erwin van der Harst, Ignace H. de HinghCees H. Dejong, Geert Kazemier, Joost Klaase, Ruben H. de Kleine, Cornelis J. van Laarhoven, Daan J. Lips, Misha D. Luyer, I. Quintus Molenaar, Vincent B. Nieuwenhuijs, Gijs A. Patijn, Daphne Roos, Joris J. Scheepers, George P. van der Schelling, Pascal Steenvoorde, Rutger-Jan Swijnenburg, Jan H. Wijsman, Moh'd Abu Hilal, Olivier R. Busch, Marc G. Besselink^*, Dutch Pancreatic Canc Grp

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Abstract

Background: Observational cohort studies have suggested that minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) is associated with better short-term outcomes compared with open distal pancreatectomy (ODP), such as less intraoperative blood loss, lower morbidity, shorter length of hospital stay, and reduced total costs. Confounding by indication has probably influenced these findings, given that case-matched studies failed to confirm the superiority of MIDP. This accentuates the need for multicenter randomized controlled trials, which are currently lacking. We hypothesize that time to functional recovery is shorter after MIDP compared with ODP even in an enhanced recovery setting.

Methods: LEOPARD is a randomized controlled, parallel-group, patient-blinded, multicenter, superiority trial in all 17 centers of the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group. A total of 102 patients with symptomatic benign, premalignant or malignant disease will be randomly allocated to undergo MIDP or ODP in an enhanced recovery setting. The primary outcome is time (days) to functional recovery, defined as all of the following: independently mobile at the preoperative level, sufficient pain control with oral medication alone, ability to maintain sufficient (i.e. >50%) daily required caloric intake, no intravenous fluid administration and no signs of infection. Secondary outcomes are operative and postoperative outcomes, including clinically relevant complications, mortality, quality of life and costs.

Discussion: The LEOPARD trial is designed to investigate whether MIDP reduces the time to functional recovery compared with ODP in an enhanced recovery setting.

Original language	English
Article number	166
Number of pages	10
Journal	Trials
Volume	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1892-9
Publication status	Published - 8 Apr 2017

Keywords

Minimally invasive
Laparoscopic
Robot-assisted
Distal pancreatectomy
Pancreatic surgery
Pancreatic cancer
INTERNATIONAL STUDY-GROUP
DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
IDEAL FRAMEWORK
SURGERY ISGPS
LONG-TERM
MALIGNANT-DISEASE
CLINICAL-TRIAL
DEFINITION
PANCREATOSPLENECTOMY
BENIGN

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de Rooij, T., van Hilst, J., Vogel, J. A., van Santvoort, H. C., de Boer, M. T., Boerma, D., van den Boezem, P. B., Bonsing, B. A., Bosscha, K., Coene, P-P., Daams, F., van Dam, R. M., Dijkgraaf, M. G., van Eijck, C. H., Festen, S., Gerhards, M. F., Koerkamp, B. G., Hagendoorn, J., van der Harst, E., ... Dutch Pancreatic Canc Grp (2017). Minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy (LEOPARD): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18, Article 166. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1892-9

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AU - Boerma, Djamila

AU - van den Boezem, Peter B.

AU - Bonsing, Bert A.

AU - Bosscha, Koop

AU - Coene, Peter-Paul

AU - Daams, Freek

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AU - Dijkgraaf, Marcel G.

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AU - de Kleine, Ruben H.

AU - van Laarhoven, Cornelis J.

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AU - Luyer, Misha D.

AU - Molenaar, I. Quintus

AU - Nieuwenhuijs, Vincent B.

AU - Patijn, Gijs A.

AU - Roos, Daphne

AU - Scheepers, Joris J.

AU - van der Schelling, George P.

AU - Steenvoorde, Pascal

AU - Swijnenburg, Rutger-Jan

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