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UnknownNCT03607370

Timing for Rectal Surgery After Chemoradiotherapy

Timing for Rectal Surgery After ChST

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
142 (actual)
Sponsor
National Cancer Center Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether greater rectal cancer downstaging and regression occurs when surgery is delayed to 12 weeks after completion of radiotherapy/chemotherapy compared to 8 weeks. Hypothesis: Greater down-staging and tumor regression is observed when surgery is delayed to 12 weeks after completion of chemoradiotherapy compared to 8 weeks.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURESurgery after 12 weeks of delay after chemoradiotherapy.Surgery consists oncologic resection of the rectal cancer with total excision of the mesorectum after 12 weeks of delay after the end of chemoradiotherapy.

Timeline

Start date
2017-07-01
Primary completion
2023-12-31
Completion
2025-12-31
First posted
2018-07-31
Last updated
2023-11-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lithuania

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03607370. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.