{
  "api_version": "1",
  "request": {
    "url": "https://clinicaltrialsfind.com/api/v1/search.json?condition=VATS",
    "query": {
      "condition": "VATS"
    },
    "page_size": 10
  },
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 10,
    "total_count": 42,
    "total_pages": 5,
    "next_page_url": "https://clinicaltrialsfind.com/api/v1/search.json?condition=VATS&page=2&page_size=10",
    "previous_page_url": null
  },
  "source": "remote",
  "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
  "attribution": "Data derived from public ClinicalTrials.gov records. The official record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ remains the source of truth for current availability, contacts, and full study details.",
  "notes": [
    "This endpoint exposes only public summary fields — no participant contact emails, phone numbers, or scraped investigator contact details.",
    "For contact information and full protocol detail, follow each trial's `official_url` to the ClinicalTrials.gov record.",
    "This API is a navigational aid. It does not provide medical advice, eligibility determinations, or compensation guarantees."
  ],
  "trials": [
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT04864210",
      "title": "Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery - Exparel Study",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "PHASE2"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Pain, Postoperative"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Liposomal bupivacaine",
          "type": "DRUG"
        },
        {
          "name": "Bupivacaine",
          "type": "DRUG"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DRUG"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Nada Sadek",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "80 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 80 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 176,
      "start_date": "2021-02-02",
      "completion_date": "2025-01-30",
      "has_results": true,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2026-05-06",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Iowa City, Iowa",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Iowa City",
          "state": "Iowa"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04864210"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT06778720",
      "title": "Implementing Music Therapy for Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative",
      "overall_status": "NOT_YET_RECRUITING",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Pain Assessment",
        "VATS",
        "Music Therapy"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Music Therapy with over-the ear headphones",
          "type": "BEHAVIORAL"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "BEHAVIORAL"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Cedars-Sinai Medical Center",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": null,
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years and older"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 20,
      "start_date": "2025-01-14",
      "completion_date": "2025-03-10",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2025-01-16",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Los Angeles, California",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Los Angeles",
          "state": "California"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06778720"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT03682224",
      "title": "Exparel and Marcaine for Pain Management in Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Patients",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "PHASE3"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Non Small Cell Lung Cancer",
        "Lung Cancer Stage 1"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Liposomal Bupivacaine",
          "type": "DRUG"
        },
        {
          "name": "Bupivacaine-Epinephrine",
          "type": "DRUG"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DRUG"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Southern Illinois University",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "80 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 80 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 57,
      "start_date": "2018-07-05",
      "completion_date": "2022-09-03",
      "has_results": true,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2023-01-12",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Springfield, Illinois",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Springfield",
          "state": "Illinois"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03682224"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT01550302",
      "title": "Superficial Cervical Plexus Block for Shoulder Pain After Lung Surgery",
      "overall_status": "TERMINATED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "PHASE4"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Shoulder Pain"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Superficial Cervical Plexus Block",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Bupivacaine",
          "type": "DRUG"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "PROCEDURE",
        "DRUG"
      ],
      "sponsor": "University of Washington",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "75 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 75 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 10,
      "start_date": "2013-10",
      "completion_date": "2014-05",
      "has_results": true,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2017-07-18",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Seattle, Washington",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Seattle",
          "state": "Washington"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01550302"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT03859635",
      "title": "Erector Spinae Block Versus Surgeon Infiltration in VATS Procedures",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "PHASE3"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Pain, Postoperative",
        "Thoracic",
        "Acute Pain"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Liposomal Bupivacaine",
          "type": "DRUG"
        },
        {
          "name": "Bupivacaine, 0.25%",
          "type": "DRUG"
        },
        {
          "name": "Bupivacaine, 0.5%",
          "type": "DRUG"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DRUG"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Indiana University",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "100 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 100 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 120,
      "start_date": "2019-02-07",
      "completion_date": "2022-11-07",
      "has_results": true,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2025-02-28",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Indianapolis, Indiana",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Indianapolis",
          "state": "Indiana"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03859635"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT03623958",
      "title": "Image Guided VATS vs. VATS Resection",
      "overall_status": "RECRUITING",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Lung Cancer"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Image guided Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) resection",
          "type": "DEVICE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DEVICE",
        "PROCEDURE"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Brigham and Women's Hospital",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": null,
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years and older"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 200,
      "start_date": "2018-09-11",
      "completion_date": "2027-07-31",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2025-11-13",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Boston, Massachusetts",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Boston",
          "state": "Massachusetts"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03623958"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT02226133",
      "title": "Video-Assisted Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion Trial",
      "overall_status": "WITHDRAWN",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Heart Diseases"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "LAAx, Inc. TigerPaw® System II",
          "type": "DEVICE"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DEVICE"
      ],
      "sponsor": "LAAx, Inc.",
      "sponsor_class": "INDUSTRY",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": null,
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years and older"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 0,
      "start_date": "2015-04",
      "completion_date": "2015-12",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2015-05-05",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 4,
      "location_summary": "Pleasanton, California • Baltimore, Maryland • Danville, Pennsylvania + 1 more",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Pleasanton",
          "state": "California"
        },
        {
          "city": "Baltimore",
          "state": "Maryland"
        },
        {
          "city": "Danville",
          "state": "Pennsylvania"
        },
        {
          "city": "Wynnewood",
          "state": "Pennsylvania"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02226133"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT03609580",
      "title": "Post-operative Urinary Retention (POUR) Following Thoracic Surgery",
      "overall_status": "RECRUITING",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "PHASE1",
        "PHASE2"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Urinary Retention"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Tamsulosin - 1 week",
          "type": "DRUG"
        },
        {
          "name": "Tamsulosin - 3 days",
          "type": "DRUG"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DRUG"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Hackensack Meridian Health",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": true,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "50 Years",
        "maximum_age": null,
        "sex": "MALE",
        "summary": "50 Years and older · Male only"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 127,
      "start_date": "2018-05-07",
      "completion_date": "2027-03-30",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2026-06-11",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Hackensack, New Jersey",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Hackensack",
          "state": "New Jersey"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03609580"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT03642457",
      "title": "Efficacy Between Serratus Plane Block And Local Infiltration In Vats",
      "overall_status": "TERMINATED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "PHASE4"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Lung Cancer"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Bupivacaine",
          "type": "DRUG"
        },
        {
          "name": "Bupivacaine liposome",
          "type": "DRUG"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DRUG"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": true,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "75 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 75 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 65,
      "start_date": "2018-03-01",
      "completion_date": "2018-12-31",
      "has_results": true,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2020-09-30",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 2,
      "location_summary": "New York, New York",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "New York",
          "state": "New York"
        },
        {
          "city": "New York",
          "state": "New York"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03642457"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT04801108",
      "title": "Combined Zephyr Valve System With Inter-lobar Fissure Completion for Lung Volume Reduction in Emphysema",
      "overall_status": "RECRUITING",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Emphysema or COPD"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Robotic or VATS lobar fissure completion",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Endobronchial valves placement",
          "type": "DEVICE"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "PROCEDURE",
        "DEVICE"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "40 Years",
        "maximum_age": "75 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "40 Years to 75 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 20,
      "start_date": "2021-08-01",
      "completion_date": "2026-08-01",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2026-04-13",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-07-22T21:11:29.755Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Boston, Massachusetts",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Boston",
          "state": "Massachusetts"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04801108"
    }
  ]
}