# Rectal Cancer Anastomosis 4 Check Study

> **NCT04637061** · — · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS** · enrollment: 287 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **COMBINATION_PRODUCT:** intraoperative near infrared (NIR) indocyanine green (ICG)-induced fluorescence angiography (FA) and air leak testing to assess the integrity and the perfusion levels of the colorectal anastomosis
- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Air Leak test
- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Evaluation of the anastomotic rings

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04637061
- **Lead sponsor:** Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2021-01-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2023-06-01
- **Target enrollment:** 287 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04637061

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04637061, "Rectal Cancer Anastomosis 4 Check Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04637061. Licensed CC0.

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