NCT02468362

Long Term Outcomes After Laparoscopic Intersphincteric Resection With Total Mesorectal Excision for Low Rectal Cancer.

Long Term Outcomes After Laparoscopic Intersphincteric Resection With Total Mesorectal Excision for Low Rectal Cancer: a Double Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 112 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Mansoura University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Through a double blinded study, patients with low rectal cancer will be randomized into two equal groups to compare between the 5 year disease free survival as a primary outcome measure.

Conditions

• Low Rectal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	laparoscopic intersphincteric resection	laparoscopic intersphincteric resection for low rectal cancer
PROCEDURE	open intersphincteric resection

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-01
• Completion: 2019-10-01
• First posted: 2015-06-10
• Last updated: 2015-06-10