Colonic stenting or surgery in left-sided colonic obstruction for disseminated incurable colorectal cancer: a multicenter randomised trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Colonic cancerCancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN01790428
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
2006 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17084754/ premature closure results (added 15/07/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Stopped
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 21
Inclusion Criteria
1. Left sided colonic cancer (from left flexure to greater than 10 cm of anus)
2. Diagnosis histological proven
3. No signs of double tumour
4. Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Potentially curable disease
2. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) IV or V
3. Ileus
4. Karnofsky index of less than 50%
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Total hospital free survival in good health (corrected for days with a WHO performance status greater than 1)<br> 2. Integral costs (product of volume consumed care and prices of means (personnel, overhead, material and investments)<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Procedural related hospital stay and mortality and morbidity<br> 2. Efficacy of palliation of (imminent) obstruction (complaints, secondary operation or stent placement)<br> 3. Quality of life<br>