# Sphincter-preserving Surgery After Preoperative Treatment of Ultra-low Rectal Carcinoma

> **NCT00979680** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle** · enrollment: 207 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **RADIATION:** High-Dose radiotherapy
- **RADIATION:** Chemo-radiotherapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00979680
- **Lead sponsor:** Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2001-04
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2007-09
- **Target enrollment:** 207 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00979680

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00979680, "Sphincter-preserving Surgery After Preoperative Treatment of Ultra-low Rectal Carcinoma". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00979680. Licensed CC0.

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