# Preoperative Very Low Energy Diet for Obese Rectal Cancer Patients

> **NCT04379830** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **McMaster University**

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer
- Obesity

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** Very Low Energy Diet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04379830
- **Lead sponsor:** McMaster University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2022-08-01
- **Primary completion:** 2023-03-01
- **Final completion:** 2023-06-30
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** There were no patients recruited during the trial period. This was a result of: 1) COVID-19 pandemic; 2) MRIs were done prior to patients being seen in consultation, which made them ineligible for enrolment.
- **Last updated:** 2024-01-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04379830

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04379830, "Preoperative Very Low Energy Diet for Obese Rectal Cancer Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04379830. Licensed CC0.

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