Robot assisted radical cystectomy versus open radical cystectomy in bladder cancer (RACE): study protocol of a non-randomized comparative effectiveness study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the fact that the cost-effectiveness of robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) is not yet proven, and open radical (ORC) cystectomy is recommended as the standard of care in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive bladder cancer, the use of RARC is still increasing. The objective of the current ongoing comparative effectiveness trial therefore is to study the (cost-)effectiveness of RARC compared to ORC, both in terms of objective (complication rates, oncological outcomes) and patient-reported (health-related quality of life) outcome measures.

Methods

This study is designed as a non-randomized, multicentre comparative effectiveness trial. Centres with an annual caseload of > 20 radical cystectomies can include patients after infor

SUBMITTER: Wijburg CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6122745 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature