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CompletedNCT05572151Updated Oct 7, 2022

Determining the Optimal Examined Lymph Node for Accurate Staging and Long-term Survival in Rectal Cancer

An observational study in Rectal Cancer, sponsored by The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-10-07.

Sponsored by The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
7,694
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A multi-institutional registry of collected data on patients with rectal cancer who underwent surgical resection between January 2009 and December 2018 at the departments of colorectal surgery of five medical institutions in China

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A multi-institutional registry of collected data on patients with rectal cancer who underwent surgical resection between January 2009 and December 2018 at the departments of colorectal surgery of five medical institutions in China (National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University; The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University; The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University; The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University)

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Conditions studied

  • Rectal Cancer

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In context

Rectal Neoplasms

1,762 studies on the registry are indexed under Rectal Neoplasms; 518 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 7,694 is above the median of 160 across 413 observational studies indexed under Rectal Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Information about patients (age, sex and year of diagnosis), tumor (TNM stages, histology, size and differentiation), treatments (resection type, chemotherapy), and outcome variables (follow-up time and survival status) were obtained in SEER database and China registry

Inclusion criteria

  • Rectal cancer patients in stage I-III who underwent surgical resection for first primary rectal cancer with at least one lymph node were eligible

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with missing values on lymph node count and clinical features were excluded
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
7,694 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • Procedurelymph node number

    Lymph nodes were harvested during surgical resection of rectal cancer

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. lymph node number

    lymph nodes were harvested during surgical resection of rectal cancer

    Time frame: during the surgery

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Del Paggio JC, Peng Y, Wei X, Nanji S, MacDonald PH, Krishnan Nair C, Booth CM. Population-based study to re-evaluate optimal lymph node yield in colonic cancer. Br J Surg. 2017 Jul;104(8):1087-1096. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10540. Epub 2017 May 24. PubMed 28542954 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 7, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05572151
Lead sponsor
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Responsible party
Shuai Jiao (Principal Investigator, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 7, 2022
Start date
Jan 1, 2009
Primary completion
Dec 10, 2018
Completion
Dec 31, 2018
Last update
Oct 7, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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