Status:

UNKNOWN

Preoperative Radiotherapy and Local Excision in Rectal Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Polish Colorectal Cancer Study Group

Collaborating Sponsors:

Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Conditions:

Rectal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

According to the current opinion, local excision in rectal cancer should be limited to selected T1N0 tumours. The investigators addressed the question whether preoperative radio(chemo)therapy can expa...

Detailed Description

Local excision must involve all tissue invaded on pretreatment examination. For this reason, 4-5 tatoos of mucosa at the tumour border should be performed before the onset of treatment. Next, the long...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Biopsy proven good or moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of rectum
  • Extraperitoneal tumour (\< 3-4 cm; unfavourable cT1 or cT2-3; N0)
  • No evidence of distant metastases on chest X-ray and abdominal CT or sonography
  • Signed by patient written informed consent

Exclusion

  • Poorly differentiated pathology (G3)
  • Patients unfit for chemotherapy
  • No agreement for randomisation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

102 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00738790

Start Date

November 1 2003

End Date

November 1 2013

Last Update

April 15 2010

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M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre

Warsaw, Poland, 02-781