Length of Tumour Feeding Artery After Colon Cancer Surgery

Colon Cancer Clinical Trial

— ColonCT  

Official title:

Length of Tumour Feeding Artery After Colon Cancer Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02164149
• Other study ID #: CT121177
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 2, 2014
• Last updated: June 12, 2014
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: November 2015

Study information

• Verified date: June 2014
• Source: University of Aarhus
• Contact: Ditte Munkedal, MD
• Phone: +45 7846 7710
• Email: Ditte.Munkedal[@]viborg.rm.dk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The National Committee on Health Research EthicsDenmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The quality of colon cancer surgery is highly debated these years since the mortality of the disease is not declining markedly. Surgery is the main treatment of colon cancer and during surgery it is very important for the surgeon to remove the tumour and all potential ways of tumour spread. As colon cancer first of all spreads to the nearby lymph nodes lying along the tumour feeding artery the surgeon aims to cut the vessel as central as possible. This means that all of the tumour feeding artery should have been removed after surgery.

In this study the investigators want to measure the length of the tumour feeding artery after surgery as a quality control of the surgery. The investigators hypothesize that the artery will be shorter than 5 mm.

The investigators wish to CT scan all patients two days after colon cancer surgery and afterwards measure then length of the artery on the images. This study will not inflict with the normal routine for patient information and treatment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 65
• Est. completion date: November 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary colon cancer

Exclusion Criteria:

• Kidney failure, allergy to contrast, pregnancy

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colon Cancer

Intervention

Other:
• Patients with primary colon cancer
CT scan two days after surgery

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Aarhus University Hospital	Aarhus

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Aarhus

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	CT scan after colon cancer surgery. The length of the tumour feeding artery will be measured on the images.	Patients will have an extra CT scan two days after surgery.	6 to 9 months	No