Smaller incisions, big hopes: new surgery for stomach cancer under trial
NCT ID NCT05076279
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a newer, less invasive type of stomach cancer surgery (using just one or a few small cuts) is as safe and effective as the standard approach. The trial involves 108 people with advanced stomach cancer who need their stomach partially removed. The main goal is to see if the surgery can remove enough lymph nodes while causing fewer side effects and improving recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- single or reduced ports laparoscopic gastrectomy (surgical procedure)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a less invasive surgical option for advanced gastric cancer, potentially leading to faster recovery and fewer complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 108 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The surgery is complex and carries standard surgical risks like infection or bleeding.
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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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108 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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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19 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: * Patients who have confirmed that participants have advanced gastric cancer at clinical stage T2 or higher and who can undergo distal gastrectomy for primary gastric cancer who have consented to single-port and reduced-port laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery * Patients diagnosed with locally advanced gastric cancer in which no enlarged lymph nodes were observed in the preoperative examination, or lymph node metastases confined to the left gastric artery or perigastric area were suspected. * Those who have not been treated for systemic inflammatory disease before surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Those who have previously had gastrectomy. * Those who have a laparotomy except for appendectomy, cholecystectomy or cesarean section. * Patients with clinical (preoperative or intraoperative) stage T4b accompanied by infiltration of surrounding organs * Those with bulky lymph nodes (single nodules over 3 cm or multiple nodules over 1.5 cm) * Patients with confirmed distant metastasis (M1) * Severe liver cirrhosis * Patients who is judged by the investigator to be inappropriate for this study * Patients who are taking antithrombotic drugs, including antiplatelet drugs and anticoagulants, and cannot safely stop before surgery
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea
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