Surgery

Clinical Trials

The Department of Surgery doesn’t just excel in the operating room. Through our extensive and innovative research programs, we are also focused on the development of new techniques and therapies that promote better outcomes and improve the quality of life for patients following surgery.

As part of that goal, the department’s surgeons are involved in groundbreaking clinical trials that give patients access to new treatments that are not available anywhere else.

Our ongoing trial activities explore the use of novel surgical procedures, intra-operative devices, and investigational cellular therapy products to improve patient health outcomes. We are committed to continually expanding our breadth of trials. Learn more about our current clinical trials below or visit the Joint Clinical Trials Office at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Investigation Evaluating GATT-Patch for Hemostasis during Minimally Invasive Liver and Gallbladder Surgery

Diseases:

Gall Bladder, Liver Disease, Alcoholic Liver Disease, Fatty Liver Disease, Non-Alcoholic Liver Disease, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Benjamin Samstein, MD

A Randomized, Open-label, Multicentric, Two-arm Pivotal Trial of SonoCloud-9 Combined With Carboplatin (CBDCA) vs Standard of Care Lomustine (CCNU) or Temozolomide (TMZ) in Patients Undergoing Planned Resection for First Recurrence Glioblastoma

Diseases:

Brain Tumor, Glioblastoma, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Rohan Ramakrishna, MD

A Safety and Effectiveness Prospective Blinded clinical study to validate xBar system as monitoring tool for anastomotic leaks detection

Diseases:

Colorectal surgery, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Mehraneh Jafari , MD

A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Standard of Care Diversion, Diverting Ileostomy, Following Low Anterior Resection

Diseases:

Colorectal surgery, Colon and Colorectal Cancer, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan, Brooklyn

Primary Investigator(s):

Mehraneh Jafari , MD

A Two-Stage, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Iltamiocel with Placebo in the Treatment of Female Participants with Chronic Fecal Incontinence and a History of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (DigniFI)

Diseases:

Colorectal surgery, Rectal Diseases, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Kelly Garrett, MD

An Investigation of a Working Memory Training Program for Neurological Surgery Patients with Various Diagnoses

Diseases:

Brain Tumor, Aneurysm, Epilepsy, Neurological Disorders, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman, PhD, ABPP

An Open-Label, Single-Center, Investigator Initiated Phase 1B Trial of E-CEL UVEC as an Adjunct Cell Therapy for Treatment of Anal Fistulas

Diseases:

Anal Fistula, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Jeffery Milsom, MD

An Open-Label, Single-Center, Investigator Initiated Phase 1B Trial of E-CEL UVEC Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Anal Fissure

Diseases:

Anal Fissure, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Kelly Garrett, MD

Assessment of Colonic Oxygenation Utilizing Intra.OxTM

Diseases:

Diverticulitis, Colon and Colorectal Cancer, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Mehraneh Jafari , MD

Comparison of Surgery and Medicine on the Impact of Diverticulitis (COSMID) Trial (COSMID)

Diseases:

Diverticulitis, Surgery

Location(s):

Upper East Side - Manhattan

Primary Investigator(s):

Mehraneh Jafari , MD

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