# Total Mesorectal Excision(TME) With Lateral Lymph Node Dissection Versus TME After Neoadjuvant Chemo-radiotherapy

> **NCT03587480** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University** · enrollment: 250 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Neoplasm Malignant

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** TME+LLND
- **PROCEDURE:** TME+nCRT

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03587480
- **Lead sponsor:** Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2018-12-17
- **Primary completion:** 2025-05-24
- **Final completion:** 2030-05-24
- **Target enrollment:** 250 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2022-11-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03587480

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03587480, "Total Mesorectal Excision(TME) With Lateral Lymph Node Dissection Versus TME After Neoadjuvant Chemo-radiotherapy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03587480. Licensed CC0.

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