# Transanal Versus Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer

> **NCT03413930** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Ruijin Hospital**

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Transanal total mesorectal excision
- **PROCEDURE:** Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03413930
- **Lead sponsor:** Ruijin Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2019-06
- **Primary completion:** 2021-03
- **Final completion:** 2026-03
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** No funding was raised
- **Last updated:** 2020-02-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03413930

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03413930, "Transanal Versus Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03413930. Licensed CC0.

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