Conventional Surgery Compared With Laparoscopic-Assisted Surgery in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00003354

Last Updated: 2013-12-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

1200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1996-07-31

Study Completion Date

2009-12-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Laparoscopic-assisted surgery is a less invasive type of surgery for colorectal cancer and may have fewer side effects and improve recovery. It is not yet known if undergoing conventional surgery is more effective than laparoscopic-assisted surgery for colorectal cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying conventional surgery to see how well it works compared to laparoscopic-assisted surgery in treating patients with colorectal cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine whether longitudinal and circumferential resection margins and lymphatic clearances obtained during laparoscopic surgery are different from those obtained with conventional open surgery in patients with colorectal cancer.
* Compare the patterns of loco-regional or distant metastatic spread after these two surgical methods in these patients.
* Compare the morbidity and mortality rates in these patients after these two surgical methods, particularly in terms of the technical or thromboembolic complications that may develop as a consequence of prolonged pneumoperitoneum.
* Compare the disease-free or overall survival of these patients after these two operative procedures.
* Determine, in those patients in whom laparoscopic surgery fails, which investigatory modalities are appropriate for providing pre-operative indications that a patient is an inappropriate candidate for laparoscopic dissection.
* Compare the differences in quality of life between the two operative procedures, particularly in patients with advanced disease.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study.

Patients undergo laparoscopic surgery or conventional open surgery.

Patients are followed at 1 and 3 months following surgery, then every 3 months for the first year, every 4 months for the second year, and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 1,200 patients will be accrued for this study within 5 years.

Conditions

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Colorectal Cancer

Keywords

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stage I colon cancer stage II colon cancer stage III colon cancer stage IV colon cancer stage 0 colon cancer stage 0 rectal cancer stage I rectal cancer stage II rectal cancer stage III rectal cancer stage IV rectal cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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conventional surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

laparoscopic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed colorectal cancer
* Must be suitable for elective surgical resection by right hemicolectomy, left hemicolectomy, sigmoid colectomy, anterior resection or abdomino-perineal resection
* No adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon
* No synchronous multiple adenocarcinomas

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* Not specified

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* Not specified

Renal:

* Not specified

Pulmonary:

* No contraindication to pneumoperitoneum such as severe cardio-respiratory disease

Other:

* No acute intestinal obstruction
* No prior malignancy within the past 5 years, except basal cell carcinoma, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or prostate cancer
* Not pregnant
* No gastrointestinal disease that requires surgical intervention, e.g., Crohn's disease, chronic ulcerative disease, familial polyposis

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* Not specified
* Adjuvant chemotherapy allowed

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* Preoperative radiotherapy must be administered before randomization into this trial
* Adjuvant radiotherapy allowed

Surgery:

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medical Research Council

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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P.J. Guillou, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Locations

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Saxon Clinic

Bucks, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Castle Hill Hospital

Cottingham, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Leeds General Infirmary at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary's

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Queen's Medical Centre

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust

Salford, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Airedale General Hospital

West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Ninewells Hospital and Medical School

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Guillou PJ, Quirke P, Thorpe H, Walker J, Jayne DG, Smith AM, Heath RM, Brown JM; MRC CLASICC trial group. Short-term endpoints of conventional versus laparoscopic-assisted surgery in patients with colorectal cancer (MRC CLASICC trial): multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005 May 14-20;365(9472):1718-26. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66545-2.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15894098 (View on PubMed)

Jayne DG, Brown JM, Thorpe H, Walker J, Quirke P, Guillou PJ. Bladder and sexual function following resection for rectal cancer in a randomized clinical trial of laparoscopic versus open technique. Br J Surg. 2005 Sep;92(9):1124-32. doi: 10.1002/bjs.4989.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15997446 (View on PubMed)

Jayne DG, Guillou PJ, Thorpe H, Quirke P, Copeland J, Smith AM, Heath RM, Brown JM; UK MRC CLASICC Trial Group. Randomized trial of laparoscopic-assisted resection of colorectal carcinoma: 3-year results of the UK MRC CLASICC Trial Group. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 20;25(21):3061-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.09.7758.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17634484 (View on PubMed)

Jayne DG, Thorpe HC, Copeland J, Quirke P, Brown JM, Guillou PJ. Five-year follow-up of the Medical Research Council CLASICC trial of laparoscopically assisted versus open surgery for colorectal cancer. Br J Surg. 2010 Nov;97(11):1638-45. doi: 10.1002/bjs.7160.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20629110 (View on PubMed)

Taylor GW, Jayne DG, Brown SR, Thorpe H, Brown JM, Dewberry SC, Parker MC, Guillou PJ. Adhesions and incisional hernias following laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer in the CLASICC trial. Br J Surg. 2010 Jan;97(1):70-8. doi: 10.1002/bjs.6742.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20013936 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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MRC-CLASICC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NYCTRU-CLASICC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-98014

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ISRCTN74883561

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000066336

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id