# Transanal Versus Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer.

> **NCT03413904** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **IRCCS San Raffaele** · enrollment: 184 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** transanal TME
- **PROCEDURE:** laparoscopic TME

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03413904
- **Lead sponsor:** IRCCS San Raffaele
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2018-03-27
- **Primary completion:** 2020-02-29
- **Final completion:** 2023-02-28
- **Target enrollment:** 184 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2018-08-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03413904

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03413904, "Transanal Versus Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03413904. Licensed CC0.

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