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Real-time in vivo sensor tracking of rectal tumours during colorectal cancer surgery

Completed
Conditions
Rectal cancer
10017991
10017998
Registration Number
NL-OMON47238
Lead Sponsor
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
31
Inclusion Criteria

* The patient is planned for rectal surgery by laparotomy or laparoscopy
* The tumour should be within 10 cm of the anal verge
* Signed informed consent
* Patients * 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with metal implants in the pelvic area
* Patients for which it is impossible to do a rectal examination

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>In this study we aim to evaluate feasibility of the navigation system during<br /><br>real-time tumour tracking in rectal surgery.<br /><br>Feasibility will be primarily evaluated by judging the successful delivery of<br /><br>interpretable navigation data per procedure. In addition, we will record the<br /><br>extra time needed; the easiness to glue the sensor to the tumour and the<br /><br>satisfactory scores of the surgeons on the additional value of tumour tracking<br /><br>with respect to rigid navigation (N13NAV).</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Accuracy of the navigation towards anatomical landmarks:<br /><br>Optical identification of anatomical landmarks are used to validate this<br /><br>accuracy. By hovering the blunt tip probe over the landmarks, post processing<br /><br>can determine the error of the navigated probe tip and the segmented landmarks.<br /><br><br /><br>Correlation of navigation with echography:<br /><br>The outcome measure will be a difference in distance (mm) where the navigation<br /><br>system measures the location of the distal tumour border from the sutures/clips<br /><br>on the excised rectum specimen and the same distance is measured with<br /><br>ultrasound.</p><br>
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