# Robotic Transanal Specimen Extraction Surgery Versus Robotic Transabdominal Incision Specimen Extraction Surgery for Patients With Rectal Cancer: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT05468944** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Taiyuan Li** · enrollment: 556 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Neoplasms
- Robotic Surgery
- Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction Surgery

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Transanal specimen extraction robotic surgery
- **PROCEDURE:** Transabdominal specimen extraction robotic surgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05468944
- **Lead sponsor:** Taiyuan Li
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2023-01
- **Primary completion:** 2025-12
- **Final completion:** 2025-12
- **Target enrollment:** 556 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2022-07-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05468944

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05468944, "Robotic Transanal Specimen Extraction Surgery Versus Robotic Transabdominal Incision Specimen Extraction Surgery for Patients With Rectal Cancer: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05468944. Licensed CC0.

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