# COLOR III Trial: Transanal vs Laparoscopic TME

> **NCT02736942** · PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc** · enrollment: 1104 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Carcinoma
- Surgery

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Laparoscopic TME
- **PROCEDURE:** TaTME

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02736942
- **Lead sponsor:** Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2016-12-02
- **Primary completion:** 2021-05
- **Final completion:** 2025-05
- **Target enrollment:** 1104 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2019-06-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02736942

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02736942, "COLOR III Trial: Transanal vs Laparoscopic TME". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02736942. Licensed CC0.

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