# Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection or Open Resection in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer

> **NCT00726622** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology** · enrollment: 486 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Colorectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Open laparotomy and rectal resection
- **PROCEDURE:** Laparoscopic-assisted rectal resection

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00726622
- **Lead sponsor:** Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-08
- **Primary completion:** 2013-10
- **Final completion:** 2019-08-01
- **Target enrollment:** 486 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-07

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00726622

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00726622, "Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection or Open Resection in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00726622. Licensed CC0.

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