# Pilot Study for Evaluation of the Need for Protective Ileostomy After Low Anterior Resection Due to Rectal Cancer

> **NCT00457327** · PHASE2 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Heidelberg University** · enrollment: 40 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** protective ileostomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00457327
- **Lead sponsor:** Heidelberg University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2006-07
- **Primary completion:** 2007-03
- **Final completion:** 2007-03
- **Target enrollment:** 40 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** RCT with same hypothesis ended and showed a superiority for protective ileostomy after lower anterior rectum resection.
- **Last updated:** 2008-06-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00457327

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00457327, "Pilot Study for Evaluation of the Need for Protective Ileostomy After Low Anterior Resection Due to Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00457327. Licensed CC0.

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