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Not yet recruitingNCT06938490COLAP-D3Updated Apr 22, 2025

Study of Colorectal Anastomosis Failures With First Sigmoid or Left Colonic Artery Preservation With D3 Lymphadenectomy

An interventional study of Anterior rectal resection with D3-lymphatic dissection in Colorectal Cancer (CRC), Surgery, Colorectal and Oncology, sponsored by the BELOOSTROV Clinic of High Technologies. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Russian Federation. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-04-22.

Sponsored by the BELOOSTROV Clinic of High Technologies · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
778
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a randomized, controlled trial comparing the short- and long-term outcomes of left colonic artery or first sigmoid artery preservation for rectal surgery. Eligible patients will be randomized to D3-lymphodissection with preservation of the first sigmoid artery or left colonic artery in a 1:1 ratio according to a computer-generated randomization list created in advance (includes removal of 252, 253 l/u groups, 241 groups of distal sigmoid colon sites when the neoplasm is highly located).

The operation involves removal of the tumor with oncologically adequate clearance, adherence to the principles of operation in embryonic layers.

The criterion for performing D3-lymphodissection is visualization of the site of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) branching from the aorta. During the surgical intervention, l/u groups 252 and 253 are elevated along the superior rectus artery, the NBA is skeletonized circularly so that there are no l/u and no visible areas of fatty tissue.

In the group with preservation of the left colonic artery, the NBA is isolated, clipped and crossed immediately after the LCA, and in the group with preservation of the first SA, the NBA is skeletonized to the level of the first sigmoid artery, clipped and crossed immediately after the first sigmoid artery . After the intestinal resection stage, a colorectal anastomosis is formed, information on drain placement.

The primary endpoint is to assess the incidence of IA - communication of the intraluminal compartment of the intestine with the extraluminal compartment, anastomosis leakage in the area of the formed anastomosis - which will be performed at 30 days postoperatively and categorized according to the Clavien-Dindo scale. HA can be diagnosed by MRI, CT with proctography, endoscopic examination, or patient examination (if low anastomoses are formed).

Any adverse event in the postoperative period is also classified according to the Clavien-Dindo scale and recorded in the individual patient's chart.

Each patient will have an individual electronic record (eCRF open clinica.), where individual patient data will be entered and where the data obtained will be stored.

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Conditions studied

  • Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
  • Surgery, Colorectal
  • Oncology

Keywords

  • Anastomotic leakage
  • Colorectal cancer (CRC)
  • First sigmoid artery (SA)
  • Left colonic artery (LCA)
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In context

Colorectal Neoplasms

6,541 studies on the registry are indexed under Colorectal Neoplasms; 1,667 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 778 is above the median of 76 across 4,800 interventional studies indexed under Colorectal Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with the BELOOSTROV Clinic of High Technologies as lead sponsor.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Signed form
  2. status is 0-2.
  3. Age over 18 years
  4. TNM stage according to version VIII T1b-4aN0-2M0 (M1 in case of resectable confirmed by preoperative staging (colonoscopy, chest and abdominal CT).
  5. confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon, the proximal edge of which is not higher than or equal to 20 cm from the anus
  6. Clinical indications for colorectal resection with anastomosis formation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Medical or psychiatric reasons affecting the patient's decision to participate in the study
  2. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  3. Medical conditions for surgery
  4. Synchronous or metachronous
  5. Acute intestinal obstruction, bleeding or perforation
  6. Preplanned obstructive bowel resection
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ECOG performance status

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2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

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Metastases

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

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Cancer (malignancy)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
778 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    LCA preserved

    A group of people with only the left colonic artery preserved

    Procedure: Anterior rectal resection with D3-lymphatic dissection

  • Active comparator
    First SA preserved

    A group of people with only the first sigmoid artery preserved

    Procedure: Anterior rectal resection with D3-lymphatic dissection

Interventions

  • ProcedureAnterior rectal resection with D3-lymphatic dissection

    This study aims to determine the incidence of anastomosis failure in the group with first SA and LCA preservation in order to identify the feasibility of manipulation. The study is unique in that there is only one study in the world that evaluates the incidence of anastomosis failure with preservation of the first sigmoid and there is no study comparing the groups described in this study.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Failure of colorectal anastomoses within 30 days of surgery

    The failure of colorectal anastomosis will be registered in the presence of clinical symptoms confirmed by rectal examination (with low anastomoses) and/or MRI

    Time frame: 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessment of radicality of surgery: number of LU removed

    Time frame: 3 years

  2. Long-term results: overall and recurrence-free survival at 1 year, 3 and 5 years, respectively, the percentage of three- and five-year survival in the group where sigmoid artery preservation was performed and where it was clipped.

    Time frame: 3 years

  3. Registration of all deviations from the normal course in the postoperative period

    Time frame: 3 years

  4. Assessment of radicality of surgery: proximal and distal clearance

    Time frame: 3 years

  5. Assessment of radicality of surgery: number of R1 resections

    Time frame: 3 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Beloostrov Clinic High Tech
    Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
    • Timur Lankov · ContactDr@TimLankov.ru · +79046077444
    • Anastasia Lavrenteva · Sub investigator
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 22, 2025, 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
NCT06938490
Lead sponsor
the BELOOSTROV Clinic of High Technologies
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 22, 2025
Start date
Apr 2025 (estimated)
Primary completion
May 2028 (estimated)
Completion
May 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 22, 2025

Study contacts

Timur Lankov The head of the Department of Abdominal and Thoracic Oncology
Contact
Dr@TimLankov.ru
+79046077444

Oversight

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