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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00910143
Date of registration: 28/05/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
Public title: Introduction and Influence of Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer
Scientific title: Introduction of Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer. Influence of This New Operation Technique on Local Recurrence and Long-Time Survival. Retrospective Study: 1993-2001
Date of first enrolment: January 1993
Target sample size: 194
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00910143
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Pietro Renzulli, MD
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Affiliation:  Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- adenocarcinoma of the rectum

- 16 years and older



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rectal Cancer
Intervention(s)
Procedure: total mesorectal excision
Procedure: conventional rectal surgery
Primary Outcome(s)
Local recurrence, recurrence-free survival, overall survival [Time Frame: 6 months and 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years after the operation]
Secondary Outcome(s)
quality of life [Time Frame: No]
Surgical complications [Time Frame: first 30 days after the operation]
Percentage of patients undergoing transcatheter arterial embolisation [Time Frame: No]
Secondary ID(s)
KEK 08-05-09
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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