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Comparing international data between keyhole and robotic rectal cancer surgery

Retrospective, Propensity Score Matched Analysis of Short- and Long-term Outcomes in Laparoscopic versus Robotic Total Mesorectal Excision: an international, multi-centre data study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN75281193
Enrollment
3000
Registered
2023-12-12
Start date
2023-07-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-05-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Colorectal cancer Cancer

Interventions

Current interventions as of 05/02/2025: This is a multicentre, retrospective cohort study for comparative analysis of postoperative surgical outcomes and short- and long-term oncological outcomes af

Sponsors

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Current inclusion criteria as of 05/02/2025: 1. All patients who underwent a laparoscopic or robotic proctectomy since 2014; 2. Aged 18 years or above; 3. Rectal cancer tumour located within 15 cm from the anal verge or 20 cm from the anorectal junction. _____ Previous inclusion criteria: 1. All patients who underwent a laparoscopic or robotic proctectomy with partial or complete TME after 2015; 2. Aged 18 years or above; 3. Rectal cancer tumour located within 15 cm from the anal verge or 20 cm from the anorectal junction.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 05/02/2025: 1. Patients that underwent robotic TME surgery as part of a more complex procedure, for example a peritonectomy, or a synchronous colonic or hepatic resection. 2. Patients that underwent palliative resection 3. Patients that underwent emergency resection _____ Previous exclusion criteria: 1. Patients that underwent an APER or Hartmann’s procedure 2. Patients that underwent robotic TME surgery as part of a more complex procedure, for example a peritonectomy, or a synchronous colonic or hepatic resection. 3. Patients that underwent palliative resection 4. Patients that underwent emergency resection

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome variables will be measured using data held in pre-existing databases at each of the participating sites from rectal cancer patients who underwent robotic total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery at one timepoint: 1. Length of stay in days after surgery 2. Operative time in minutes 3. Blood loss in millilitres

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The secondary outcome variables will be measured using data held in pre-existing databases at each of the participating sites from rectal cancer patients who underwent robotic total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery at one timepoint: 1. Intraoperative and postoperative complications recorded as timepoint, type of complication, and Clavien-Dindo classification grading of complication 2. Reinterventions and readmissions after surgery recorded as yes/no and timepoint 3. Pathological outcomes recorded as the number of positive lymph nodes, differentiation grading, quality of the specimen, and positivity of circumferential resection margins 4. Stoma formation as yes/no and type, as well as reversal of stoma and timepoint of reversal 5. Local recurrence of disease as yes/no and timepoint 6. Distant recurrence of disease as yes/no, timepoint, and location of recurrence 7. Disease-free survival as yes/no and timepoint 8. Overall survival as yes/no and timepoint

Countries

England, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactRauand Duhoky
Rauand.Duhoky@porthosp.nhs.uk+44 (0)2392286000 ext 3529

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 30, 2026