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Hand Assisted Versus "Pure" Laparoscopic Assisted Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer

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Waitlist Available
Led By Sang W Lee, MD
Research Sponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 5 years
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

We hypothesize that hand-assisted laparoscopy will overcome technical difficulties related to pure laparoscopic rectal surgery and allow surgeons to expand application of laparoscopic techniques to treating patients with rectal cancer. In this study, we plan to randomly assign patients diagnosed with rectal cancer to undergo either "standard" laparoscopic surgery or hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery. We will then compare both peri-operative and long-term outcomes of patients.

Eligible Conditions
  • Colorectal Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to 5 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 5 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: HAL ProctectomyActive Control2 Interventions
Hand-assisted laparoscopic proctectomy
Group II: SL ProctectomyActive Control2 Interventions
"straight" laparoscopic proctectomy

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityLead Sponsor
1,092 Previous Clinical Trials
1,154,786 Total Patients Enrolled
Sang W Lee, MDPrincipal InvestigatorWeill Medical College of Cornell University
2 Previous Clinical Trials
196 Total Patients Enrolled
~0 spots leftby Dec 2025