Intracorporeal vs. Extracorporeal Anastomosis in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy for Colonic Cancer

Colon Cancer Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Intracorporeal vs. Extracorporeal Anastomosis in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy for Colonic Cancer - A Prospective Cohort Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05039762
• Other study ID #: ICEA-051-2016-NQ
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this study, the investigators will compare extracorporeal anastomosis (EA) with intracorporeal anastomosis (IA) in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic hemicolectomy for right colon cancer.

Description:

At Odense University Hospital, Svendborg, current standard treatment for right colon cancer is laparoscopic hemicolectomy with extracorporeal anastomosis (EA).

To reduce the risk of adverse events, such as fascial dehiscence and later development of incisional hernia, right hemicolectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis has been introduced.

When performing a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy the dissection is carried out intracorporeally and the transection and anastomosis is made extracorporeally (EA technique). For IA technique the cancer bearing segment is resected and the bowel ends joined intracorporeally with laparoscopic technique, and the specimen is then retrieved through a Pfannenstiel incision.

Previous series have shown shorter hospital stay as well as shorter time to bowel recovery in patients treated with IA compared to EA, without increasing the risk of severe complications or compromising the oncological outcome.

The aim of this study is to investigate whether IA in patients undergoing right hemicolectomy reduces the overall complication rate compared to EA evaluated by Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI) .

51 patients will be enrolled in each group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 104
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients diagnosed with right colon cancer

• Eligible for elective laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with primary anastomosis.

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2

• CT staged T1-T3M0 tumour.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy

• Mental incompetence

• Acute right hemicolectomy before the intended elective surgery

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colon Cancer
• Colonic Neoplasms

Intervention

Procedure:
• Extracorporeal anastomosis
Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy will be carried out. The dissection is performed laparoscopically. When the right hemicolon is sufficiently mobilized and the vessels (ileocolic pedicle, right colic pedicle and the right branch of the middle colic pedicle) are ligated, a horizontal incision in the upper right quadrant is made. Through this incision the right hemicolon is extracted, the small bowel and the transverse colon are divided using staplers. The side-to-side ileocolic anastomosis is then handsewn.
• Intracorporeal anastomosis
Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy will be carried out. The dissection is performed laparoscopically. The right hemicolon is mobilized and the vessels (ileocolic pedicle, right colic pedicle and the right branch of the middle colic pedicle) are ligated. The small bowel and the transverse colon are then divided using laparoscopic staplers. The side-to-side ileocolic anastomosis is formed by creating a small opening in the small bowel and the transverse colon, through which the laparoscopic stapler is used to join the bowel ends. The remaining opening is sutured laparoscopically. The specimen is retrieved through a Pfannenstiel incision.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Odense University Hospital, Svendborg	Svendborg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

References & Publications (18)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Overall complication rate	According to the Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI) based on the Clavien Dindo classification of postsurgical complications.; CCI is a continuous scale from 0-100 (0 equals no complications, 100 equals death)	30 days
Secondary	Surgical stress response	Evaluated by C-reactive protein (CRP), leucocytes and National Early Warning Score (NEWS).; NEWS is an aggregate scoring system, based on physiological measurements, designed to help detect acute illness. Minimum score of 0 indicates normal measurements. The score increases with further deviation from the norm, with a maximum score of 20.	Up to 30 days
Secondary	Time until bowel recovery	Measured in hours from end of surgery to first flatus and first bowel movement respectively	Up to 30 days
Secondary	Length of hospital stay	Measured in hours from end of surgery until the patient is discharged	Up to 30 days
Secondary	Postoperative pain	Registered daily using Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain. The scale ranging from 0-10, 0 being no pain, 10 being worst pain imaginable.	Up to 30 days
Secondary	Hernia rate	Based on CT scans 1 and 3 years post surgery	3 years