# Rectal Reconstruction in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Rectal Cancer

> **NCT00238381** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Swiss Cancer Institute** · enrollment: 336 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Colorectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** 5 cm colon-J-pouch
- **PROCEDURE:** side-to-end anastomosis
- **PROCEDURE:** straight coloanal anastomosis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00238381
- **Lead sponsor:** Swiss Cancer Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2005-07
- **Primary completion:** 2014-05
- **Final completion:** 2016-08
- **Target enrollment:** 336 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-05-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00238381

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00238381, "Rectal Reconstruction in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00238381. Licensed CC0.

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