New stapling technique aims to cut colon surgery leaks
NCT ID NCT07417358
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at a new way to reconnect the colon after surgery for cancer or diverticular disease. The goal is to see if using a single stapler instead of two can lower the risk of dangerous leaks at the connection point. About 500 adults having planned left-sided colon surgery will be observed, and their results will be compared to past patients who had the standard two-stapler method.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2029
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.
Who is studied
The study population consists of adult patients (≥18 years) undergoing planned left-sided colorectal resection with construction of a colorectal anastomosis, including left hemicolectomy, sigmoid resection, or partial mesorectal excision, for benign or malignant indications. Patients are treated as part of routine clinical care at participating centers. The study includes both a retrospective cohort of patients operated during 2023-2025 and a prospective cohort of consecutively included patients undergoing surgery after study initiation. In the prospective cohort, the intent is to perform a single-stapled colorectal anastomosis when technically feasible in all consenting patients.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years. * Planned (elective) left-sided colorectal resection with creation of a colorectal anastomosis, including: Left hemicolectomy, and/or Sigmoid resection, and/or Partial mesorectal excision (PME). * Benign or malignant indication. * Prospective cohort: Ability to provide written informed consent. * Retrospective cohort: Eligible patients operated during 2023-2025 at participating centers, identified through medical record review, meeting the same surgical inclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria: * Total mesorectal excision (TME) (e.g., low rectal cancer surgery requiring TME). * Non-left-sided colorectal resections (e.g., right-sided colectomy) or procedures outside the study-defined operations. * Surgery not involving a colorectal anastomosis (e.g., end colostomy/Hartmann's procedure without anastomosis). * Emergency/urgent colorectal resection (non-elective surgery). * Prospective cohort: Inability to provide informed consent.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Skåne University Hospital
RECRUITINGMalmö, Sweden
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Sunderby Hospital
RECRUITINGLuleå, Sweden
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Surgical Centre, Umeå University Hospital
RECRUITINGUmeå, Sweden
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Uppsala University Hospital
RECRUITINGUppsala, Sweden
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Östra Sahlgrenska University Hospital
RECRUITINGGothenburg, Sweden
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