New robotic technique aims to improve colon cancer surgery recovery
NCT ID NCT06906952
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study compares two types of robotic surgery for high rectal and sigmoid colon cancer: one that removes the tumor through the anus (NOSES-IV) and the traditional method. The goal is to see which approach leads to fewer complications, less pain, and a shorter hospital stay. About 100 adults with early-stage rectal cancer will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- robotic surgery with transrectal specimen extraction (NOSES-IV)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that NOSES-IV robotic surgery is safer and leads to faster recovery for patients with high rectal or sigmoid colon cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 100 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The procedure is complex and carries risks like infection or complications.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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 to 80 years
- 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: * 1\) The age is more than 18 years old and less than or equal to 85 years old 2) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score ≤2 3) Preoperative pathological diagnosis of rectal adenocarcinoma 4) cT1-3NxM0 rectal cancer defined by preoperative contrast-enhanced MRI 5) The maximum diameter of tumor ≤5cm on preoperative enhanced MRI 6) The body can tolerate the operation and sign the informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * 1\) multiple primary colorectal cancer 2) recurrent rectal cancer 3) preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy 4) complicated with intestinal obstruction or intestinal bleeding requiring emergency surgery 5) previous anal surgery history 6) BMI≥30kg/m2 7) severe mental illness
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330000
Nanchang, China
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