A phase 3 trial in colorectal cancer, run by Sun Yat-sen University, now recruiting.
The Efficacy of Primary Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) Surgery Versus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Combined With TME Surgery in Low-risk Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer is a phase 3, randomised interventional study registered as NCT05984485 by Sun Yat-sen University, with a registry enrolment figure of 766 participants, started 2022-07-05 and due to reach its primary completion in 2028-07. Interventions recorded: neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus total mesorectal excision; total mesorectal excision. Conditions listed: Rectal Cancer. Primary outcome: 3-year Disease Free Survival. Colorectal eligibility wording from the registry: "Pathologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma;". Sites: China. No results are recorded here; the registry entry is the source.
The full inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the registry record. Read 2026-10-07. Recruiting overall does not mean a particular site is open; ask the study team.
ClinicalTrials.gov data courtesy of the US National Library of Medicine.
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