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CompletedNCT00238381

Rectal Reconstruction in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Rectal Cancer

Clinical Function After Total Mesorectal Excision and Rectal Replacement. A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Side-to-End Anastomosis, Colon-J-Pouch and Straight Coloanal Anastomosis

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
336 (actual)
Sponsor
Swiss Cancer Institute · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Rectal reconstruction after surgery to treat rectal cancer may help patients keep some of their bowel function. It is not yet known which method of rectal reconstruction is most effective after surgery. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying three different methods of rectal reconstruction to compare how well they work in treating patients who are undergoing surgery for rectal cancer.

Detailed description

This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, gender, distance of the distal tumor margin from the dentate line (\> 5 cm vs ≤ 5 cm), age (\< 70 vs ≥ 70), neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (yes vs no), and distant metastasis (M0 vs M1). Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURE5 cm colon-J-pouch5 cm colon-J-pouch with/without temporary protective ileostomy
PROCEDUREside-to-end anastomosisside-to-end anastomosis with/without temporary protective ileostomy
PROCEDUREstraight coloanal anastomosisstraight coloanal anastomosis with/without temporary protective ileostomy

Timeline

Start date
2005-07-01
Primary completion
2014-05-01
Completion
2016-08-01
First posted
2005-10-13
Last updated
2019-05-15

Locations

18 sites across 2 countries: Germany, Switzerland

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00238381. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.