New study sheds light on daily struggles after rectal cancer surgery
NCT ID NCT03292289
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how people feel and function after a two-step surgery for rectal cancer. Researchers followed 65 patients to measure bowel symptoms and their impact on quality of life one year after the final reconstruction. The goal is to identify which patients may have worse outcomes so doctors can offer better support and follow-up care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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65 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2018
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 to 70 years old * Patients who are going to undergo a proctectomy for a rectal cancer (situated at a distance equal or lower to 15 cm from the anoderm) following by a coloanal continuity reconstruction (using direct, latero-terminal or colonic J-pouch anastomosis) * Already underwent or not a neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy * Affiliation to the National Social Security System * With informed and signed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling patients * Patient deprived of their liberty or under guardianship or tutorship. * Abdominal perineal amputation * No stoma placement planned * Tumor more than 15 cm from the anal margin
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, 59020, France
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