Surgery Alone Versus Neoadjuvant Treatment Followed by Surgery For MRI-defined T3 Mid-low Rectal Cancer
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Neoadjuvant treatments (nCRT) are becoming the standard treatment for patients with stage II or stage III mid-low rectal cancer. In fact, with the introduction of total mesorectal excision, the local recurrence has been reduced significantly. Recently few studies have shown that surgery alone is enough for patients with T3 rectal cancer. These issues raised the question of whether nCRT is needed for all T3 rectal cancer patients. Therefore, this study was designed to compare the long-term oncological outcomes between surgery and surgery following nCRT among patients with MRI-defined T3, clear MRF mid-low rectal cancer.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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TME patients only underwent TME |
Procedure: total mesorectal excision
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nCRT+TME patients underwent TME following neoadjuvant treatment |
Procedure: total mesorectal excision
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- 3-year diseases free survival [3 years after surgery]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Margin-free (R0)resection rate [Immediately after the surgery]
- 3-year overall survival rate [3 years after surgery]
- Number of participants with surgical complications [30 days after surgery]
- Local recurrence rate [3 years after the surgery]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Eighteen- to eighty-year-old patients.
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T3 rectal cancer with clear mesorectal fascia (MRF),
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within 12 cm from the anal verge at initial diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Exclusion Criteria:
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emergency surgery due to bleeding, perforation, and bowel obstruction,
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recurrent rectal cancer,
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inflammatory bowel disease,
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Stage IV.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Sun Yat-sen University
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- GIHSYSU-28