NCT04040842

International Low Anterior Resection Score Evaluation

Quality and Outcomes in Global Cancer Surgery: a Prospective, International Cohort Study Evaluating Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Cancer Center Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

* Aim: The aim of this study is to perform a prospective, international 4 months cohort study evaluating bowel function before curative rectal cancer surgery and one year after the surgery using the LARS score. * Primary outcome measure: LARS score before surgery and 1 year after the surgery. * Primary comparison: Between average LARS score before and after curative surgery and also comparing these with publish LARS score on normal population.

Detailed description

All patients undergoing treatment for rectal rectal will be included in the study. Before any treatment all the included patients will be asked to fill the LARS score (5 question questionnaire with differently weighted answers for assessing the low anterior resection score). One year after the low anterior resection (without the stoma) or following the stoma take down patients will be reassessed. The LARS score will be filled one again. Patient characteristics, age, cancer stage, level of anastomosis will be assessed aswel.

Conditions

• Low Anterior Resection Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Patients undergoing low anterior resection	Patients before the surgery and one year after the surgery will be assessed with questionnaire.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-31
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2019-08-01
• Last updated: 2023-11-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lithuania