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Laparoscopic-Assisted Surgery Compared With Open Surgery in Treating Patients With Colon Cancer

NCT00002575 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 810

Last updated 2016-07-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Less invasive types of surgery may help reduce the number of side effects and improve recovery. It is not yet known which type of surgery is more effective for colon cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of laparoscopic-assisted colectomy with open colectomy in treating patients who have colon cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

conventional surgery

PROCEDURE

laparoscopic surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • NCIC Clinical Trials Group

    collaborator NETWORK

  • Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heidi Nelson, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1994-08-31
Primary Completion
2004-05-31
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada
  • Puerto Rico

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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