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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN88843062
ISRCTN88843062CompletedNot Applicable

STARRCAT: Surgical Timing After Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer Analysis of Technique: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Yeovil District Hospital (UK)0 sites50 target enrollmentStarted: May 24, 2012Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
50

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • •1. Age 18 years or over
  • •2. Completing neo-adjuvant long-course
  • •3. Chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer
  • •4. Fit for surgical resection by open or laparoscopic anterior resection or abdominoperineal excision (APE)
  • •5. American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) grades I, II and III
  • •6. Able and willing to provide written consent
  • •7. Target Gender: Male & Female

Exclusion Criteria

  • •1. Emergency admission or bowel obstruction/perforation
  • •2. Short course radiotherapy regime
  • •3. Anal cancer
  • •4. Metastatic disease
  • •5. Previous palliative pelvic radiotherapy
  • •6. Rectal cancer on top of inflammatory bowel disease
  • •7. Contra-indication to Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanning
  • •8. Poor cognitive ability and/or unable to provide consent
  • •9. Pregnancy

Investigators

Sponsor
Yeovil District Hospital (UK)

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