Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Rectal Cancer Trial On Defunctioning Stoma
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Trial Identification
Brief Title: Rectal Cancer Trial On Defunctioning Stoma
Official Title: Rectal Cancer Trial On Defunctioning Stoma
Study ID: NCT00636948
Conditions
Interventions
Study Description
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 cancer.
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 randomization of 220 patients.
Eligibility
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Locations
Department of Surgery, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, , Sweden
Contact Details
Name: Rune Sjödahl, MD, PhD
Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Linköping University Hospital
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
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