Robot surgeon takes on early rectal cancer without a single cut
NCT ID NCT07486180
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new robotic system (Intilume) for removing early-stage rectal tumors through the body's natural openings, avoiding incisions. Ten adults with non-cancerous or early cancerous growths in the rectum will be treated. The goal is to see if the robot makes the procedure safer, easier, and more effective than current tools.
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Study facts
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- 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 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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 diagnosed with nonpedunculated early rectal neoplasms \>/= 2 cm in size in the rectum (\>/= 3 cm and \</= 18 cm from the anal verge) that are deemed not feasible for en bloc resection with conventional polypectomy or endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) as judged by two experienced endoscopists * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grading I-III * Informed consent available Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of endoscopic signs of massive submucosal invasion (including excavated/depressed morphology, Kudo's pit pattern Type V, or Sano's capillary pattern Type IIIB) * Evidence of deep invasion on endorectal ultrasonography * Unfavorable histopathologic features on biopsy (mucinous cancer, poor differentiation, or gross submucosal invasion) * Patients with other synchronous colorectal neoplasms in addition to the index neoplasm that are indicated for surgical resection * Patients with recurrence from previous EMR or ESD * Patients with non-correctable coagulopathy * Patients with contraindications to general anesthesia * Vulnerable population (e.g., mentally disabled, pregnancy.)
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China