# Oral & Faecal Microbiota Analysis in Patients With Rectal Cancer Requiring Pre-operative Therapy Before Surgery, & Correlation With Response

> **NCT04601727** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Aberdeen** · enrollment: 26 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** 16srRNA pyrosequencing analysis of microbiota of saliva and faeces

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04601727
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Aberdeen
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-06-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-03-01
- **Final completion:** 2022-05-16
- **Target enrollment:** 26 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-11


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04601727

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04601727, "Oral & Faecal Microbiota Analysis in Patients With Rectal Cancer Requiring Pre-operative Therapy Before Surgery, & Correlation With Response". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04601727. Licensed CC0.

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