New trial aims to save rectums in rectal cancer patients
NCT ID NCT06952101
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a personalized, stage-based approach to treat rectal cancer while trying to avoid removing the rectum. 200 participants will receive either experimental chemoradiotherapy or minimally invasive surgery depending on their cancer stage. The goal is to preserve the rectum and improve quality of life without compromising cancer control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- chemoradiotherapy (experimental and standard), minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic/robotic)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a way to treat rectal cancer without removing the rectum, preserving bowel function and quality of life for many patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase study with only 200 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The organ-sparing approach may not work for all patients, and some may still need surgery or face cancer recurrence.
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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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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Patients aged ≥18 yrs old * Patients able to sign the informed consent * Patients with High Risk pT1 rectal adenocarcinoma endoscopically excised * Patients with cT2-3aN0 rectal adenocarcinoma who has complete/major response to EXPERIMENTAL CRT * Patients with cT3b4N0-1 rectal adenocarcinoma who has complete/major response to STANDARD CRT Exclusion Criteria: * cT2-4 any NM0 who don't reach cCR or cMR after experimental/standard CRT * Pregnancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Surgical Oncology - FPO-IRCCS Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment
RECRUITINGCandiolo, Turin, 10060, Italy
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