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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02174926
Date of registration: 22/06/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Helsinki University Central Hospital
Public title: LASER Trial. LAparoscopic Elective Sigmoid Resection Following divERticulitis - a Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial LASER
Scientific title: LASER Trial. LAparoscopic Elective Sigmoid Resection Following divERticulitis - a Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: September 2014
Target sample size: 133
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02174926
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name:     Ville Sallinen, M.D., Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Recurrent left colon diverticulitis (minimum 3 within 2 years, at least 1 confirmed
with CT)

OR

- Earlier complicated left colon diverticulitis

OR

- Prolonged (over 3 months) pain or disturbance in bowel habits after a CT-confirmed
left colon diverticulitis

Exclusion Criteria:

- Multimorbidity that prevents elective surgery

- Contraindication to laparoscopy

- Colonic stricture

- Fistula (e.g. colocutaneous, colovaginal, colovesical)

- Active malignancy

- Earlier resection of sigmoid colon or rectum

- Acute diverticulitis that has not settled

- Colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy/virtual colonoscopy not performed within 2 years

- Age < 18 or > 75 years

- Pregnancy

- Inability to answer health surveys (e.g. dementia, psychiatric condition)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diverticulum
Colon, Sigmoid
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Conservative treatment
Procedure: Elective laparoscopic sigmoid resection
Primary Outcome(s)
Gastrointestinal quality of life-index change at 6 months [Time Frame: 6 months from randomization]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Stoma rate [Time Frame: 0 - 96 months from randomization]
GIQLI at 12, 24, 48, and 96 months [Time Frame: 12, 24, 48, and 96 months from randomization]
Recurrence and severity of recurrent diverticulitis [Time Frame: 0 - 96 months from randomization]
Need of elective sigmoid resection due to diverticulitis (conservative arm) [Time Frame: 0 - 96 months from randomization]
Mortality [Time Frame: 0 - 96 months]
Need of emergency surgery due to diverticulitis [Time Frame: 0 - 96 months from randomization]
Complications due to elective sigmoid resection [Time Frame: 0 - 96 months from randomization]
Complications of diverticular disease [Time Frame: 0 - 96 months]
Short form (SF) 36 Health survey score at 6, 12, 24, 48, and 96 months [Time Frame: 6, 12, 24, 48, and 96 months from randomization]
Secondary ID(s)
LASERtrial
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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