Colonic stenting or surgery in left-sided colonic obstruction for disseminated incurable colorectal cancer: a multicenter randomised trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN01790428

Enrollment

180

Registered

2005-12-20

Start date

2004-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-07-26

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Conditions

Colonic cancer Cancer Colonic cancer

Interventions

Surgical palliation versus "wait and see" policy and colonic stenting if obstruction is imminent.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Left sided colonic cancer (from left flexure to greater than 10 cm of anus) 2. Diagnosis histological proven 3. No signs of double tumour 4. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Potentially curable disease 2. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) IV or V 3. Ileus 4. Karnofsky index of less than 50%

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Total hospital free survival in good health (corrected for days with a WHO performance status greater than 1) 2. Integral costs (product of volume consumed care and prices of means (personnel, overhead, material and investments)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Procedural related hospital stay and mortality and morbidity 2. Efficacy of palliation of (imminent) obstruction (complaints, secondary operation or stent placement) 3. Quality of life	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026