RObotic Versus LAparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer
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Official title
RObotic Versus LAparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer An International, Multicentre, Prospective, Randomised, Controlled, Unblinded, Parallel-group Trial of Robotic-assisted Versus Laparoscopic Surgery for Treatment of Rectal Cancer.
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to compare two different surgical procedures for the treatment of Rectal Cancer: Laparoscopic Surgery and Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery. The ROLARR study is for participants with cancer of the rectum for whom a laparoscopic operation (sometimes called "keyhole surgery") has been recommended by their surgeon. In the past most rectal cancers were removed using "open" surgery. Open surgery involves a large cut down the middle of the patient's abdomen to allow the surgeon to see and take out the cancer. On a previous study showed that using laparoscopic surgery to remove colorectal cancers was as good as open surgery for curing cancer. There is now another option to remove rectal cancers, which involves using a robotic system with laparoscopic surgery. This type of surgery is called "robotic-assisted" laparoscopic surgery and is now becoming widely used by surgeons to remove cancers including the rectum, as well as for other non-cancer operations. In order to perform robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon sits at a robotic control unit a few feet away from the patient. Using the robotic control unit, the surgeon can see a clear video image of the patient's abdomen and the operation site. The surgeon can perform the operation from the robotic control unit by controlling the movement of a set of robotic surgical instruments, guided by the video camera. Like standard laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon is able to carry out the entire operation through a few small cuts in the abdomen. The camera of the robotic system provides a 3D high-definition magnified view of the operation site and the robotic system is also able to translate the movements of the surgeon's hands into small precise movements inside the patient's body. We want to test whether robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery is as good, or even better, at removing rectal cancers as standard laparoscopic surgery (actually Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery is used as standard of care in rectal cancer patients at University of California, Irvine Medical Center). We also want to investigate whether using robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery reduces the number of times a laparoscopic operation needs to be converted to an open operation, and see whether using a robotic system can also shorten the length of time patients need to stay in hospital and if it reduces the number of complications patients may have during and after their operation.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01736072
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 471 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Standard Laparoscopic Surgery Procedure
- Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 30, 2011
- Primary completion
- Jan 29, 2018
- Completion
- Apr 29, 2018
- Last update posted
- Aug 13, 2023
2011 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 8
- U.S. states
- 7
- U.S. cities
- 8
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Muir Medical Center | Concord | California | 94520 | — |
| University of California, Irvine Medical Center | Orange | California | 92868 | — |
| Jackson South Community Hospital | Miami | Florida | 33157 | — |
| St. Joseph Mercy Health System | Ypsilanti | Michigan | 48197 | — |
| Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Duke University Medical Center | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | — |
| Aria Health | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19144 | — |
| Baylor University Medical Center | Dallas | Texas | 75246 | — |
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