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Laparoscopic Surgery or Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer That Can Be Removed By Surgery
NCT01196000 · City of Hope Medical Center · Updated 17 April 2012
- What is being tested
- conventional laparoscopic surgery; robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery; quality-of-life assessment; questionnaire administration
- For
- Recurrent Rectal Cancer; Stage I Rectal Cancer; Stage II Rectal Cancer; Stage III Rectal Cancer
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Not stated
- When
- Starts or started Dec 2011. Registered 8 Sept 2010.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
RATIONALE: Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery may be a less invasive type of surgery for rectal cancer and may have fewer side effects and improve recovery. It is not yet known whether robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery is more effective than laparoscopic surgery in treating patients with rectal cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial studies robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery to see how well it works compared to laparoscopic surgery in treating patients with rectal cancer that can be removed by surgery.