Status:
COMPLETED
Rectal Cancer Trial On Defunctioning Stoma
Lead Sponsor:
Rectal Cancer Trial on Defunctioning Stoma Study Group
Conditions:
Rectal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The hypothesis of the present trial was that the use of a defunctioning loop stoma reduces the rate of symptomatic anastomotic leakage from 15% to 7.5% after low anterior resection of the rectum for c...
Detailed Description
The assumption that a defunctioning loop stoma reduces symptomatic anastomotic leakage from 15% to 7.5%, with a level of statistical significance of 5% and a statistical power of 80%, requires randomi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Absence of intraoperative adverse events according to the study protocol and the operating surgeon.
Exclusion
- Presence of intraoperative adverse events according to the study protocol and the operating surgeon.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 1999
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
234 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00636948
Start Date
December 1 1999
Last Update
March 17 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Surgery, Linköping University Hospital
Linköping, Sweden, 581 85