# Conventional Surgery Compared With Laparoscopic-Assisted Surgery in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer

> **NCT00003354** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Medical Research Council** · enrollment: 1200 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Colorectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** conventional surgery
- **PROCEDURE:** laparoscopic surgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00003354
- **Lead sponsor:** Medical Research Council
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1996-07
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2009-12
- **Target enrollment:** 1200 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2013-12-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00003354

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00003354, "Conventional Surgery Compared With Laparoscopic-Assisted Surgery in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00003354. Licensed CC0.

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