# Optical Biopsy for Distal Margin in Low Rectal Cancer

> **NCT04016948** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University** · enrollment: 146 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy optical biopsy
- **DEVICE:** Intra-operative frozen section

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04016948
- **Lead sponsor:** Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2017-06-28
- **Primary completion:** 2020-09-01
- **Final completion:** 2021-05-01
- **Target enrollment:** 146 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2019-07-12

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04016948

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04016948, "Optical Biopsy for Distal Margin in Low Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04016948. Licensed CC0.

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