Interest of Saline MR Peritoneography for Pre-operative Assessment of Rectal Cancer

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01497457

Enrollment

Registered

2011-12-22

Start date

2011-12-31

Completion date

2013-09-30

Last updated

2015-05-20

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Conditions

Rectal Adenocarcinoma

Brief summary

MR saline peritoneography could be useful to demonstrate the peritoneal outline of the pouch of Douglas. The investigators think that the localization of the rectal tumor in function of this anatomic mark could be decisive for pre-operative assessment.

Interventions

PROCEDUREMR saline peritoneography

Ultrasound-guided Intraperitoneal injection of 250cc of steril saline solution with a 22G needle, followed by rectal MR imaging

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Rectal adenocarcinoma

Exclusion criteria

* Metastatic disease * under 18y patient * woman of childbearing age

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Determination of the distance between a rectal tumor and the pouch of Douglas	Two years	Feasability of the determination of the distance between a rectal tumor and the pouch of Douglas by MR saline peritoneography: 1. Visualisation of the Douglas 2. Visualisation of the Tumor 3. Determination of the distance between the tumor and the pouch of Douglas

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026