| Trial name or title |
Randomised controlled trial to evaluate laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: Japan Clinical Oncology Group JCOG 0404 |
| Methods |
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| Participants |
Patients with T3 and T4 tumours of the colon or rectum
Sample size: 818 |
| Interventions |
Laparoscopic versus open resection of colorectal cancer |
| Outcomes |
Primary endpoint: overall survival
Secondary endpoints: disease‐free survival, short‐term clinical outcome, adverse events, conversion rate, proportion of completion of laparoscopic surgery |
| Starting date |
2004 |
| Contact information |
S. Kitano
Department of gastroenterogical Surgery, Oita University Faculty of Medicine |
| Notes |
Patient recruitment ongoing |
