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Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Anterior Perineal Plane for Ultra Low Anterior Resection of the Rectum

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Anterior Perineal Plane for Ultra Low Anterior Resection of the Rectum

Official Title: A Multicentre Trial of the Anterior Perineal PlanE for Ultra Low Anterior Resection of the Rectum (The APPEAR Technique) in the Prevention of Permanent Stoma in Benign and Malignant Disease

Study ID: NCT00534131

Study Description

Brief Summary: Anal sphincter preserving operations are now commonplace for both cancer and non-cancerous rectal diseases. However, this has not always been the case and this development has been facilitated by the invention of circular stapling instruments, which allow the bowel to be reconnected to the anal sphincters, where it would almost be impossible to do so manually. Nevertheless, some patients still require a permanent ostomy, as even with stapling devices ultra low joins of the bowel and sphincter muscles cannot always be performed by a conventional surgery. Therefore, a variety of alternative techniques have been proposed to avoid a permanent ostomy, but these have not become widespread due to the technical difficulty in performing them, their failure to completely eradicate rectal disease, and the damage they inflict upon the anal sphincters resulting in poor bowel function after surgery. The ideal ultra low sphincter preserving operation should remove the rectal disease entirely, allow the small or large bowel to be safely joined to the anal sphincters under direct vision, and retain the sphincter mechanism in its entirety. We propose such a technique that we term the APPEAR procedure, which approaches the lower third of the rectum via an incision between the scrotum or vagina, and the anal sphincters. This procedure preserves sphincter integrity, and allows either a stapled or manual join of the bowel to the sphincter mechanism, under direct vision. This trial is being conducted as a pilot study, with the procedure only offered to patients for whom a conventional sphincter saving procedure was technically impossible, or contraindicated.

Detailed Description: This study is recruiting patients with distal third rectal pathology, for whom a conventional sphincter saving procedure is contraindicated, or likely to be technically impossible. Recruited patients will initially undergo trial dissection by conventional sphincter preserving surgical techniques, which if successful will result in patients entering study arm 1. However, should this not be possible, a trial anterior perineal dissection will be attempted, with patients entered into study arm 2 if perineal dissection is adequate to allow full rectal excision, and preserve sphincter integrity. If during a trial of anterior perineal dissection it is decided that sphincter preservation is not safe, or will not allow eradication of rectal disease, conventional proctectomy will be performed, with patients entering study arm 3.

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Eligibility

Minimum Age: 16 Years

Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Sex: ALL

Healthy Volunteers: No

Locations

Centre For Academic Surgery, The Royal London Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom

Contact Details

Name: Prof Norman S Williams, MS FRCS

Affiliation: Centre for Academic Surgery, Queen Mary University of London

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Name: Charles H Knowles, PhD FRCS

Affiliation: Centre for Academic Surgery, Queen Mary University of London

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Name: Khalid El-Gendy, MBBS MRCS

Affiliation: Centre for Academic Surgery, Queen Mary University of London

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

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