SWOG clinical trial number
SWOG-9411

A Phase III Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Laparoscopic - Assisted Colectomy Versus Open Colectomy for Colon Cancer

Closed
Phase
Published
Abbreviated Title
COLON
Activated
10/01/1994
Closed
08/31/2001

Research committees

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Treatment

Surgery

Eligibility Criteria Expand/Collapse

Clinical diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the right, left or sigmoid colon based on physical exam and diagnostic workup with final confirmation by pathology. Contraindications: Advanced local dz rendering laparoscopic resection not possible, stage IV dz, rectal cancer, acutely obstructed or perforated colon requiring urgent surgery, transverse colon cancer, ASA classification IV or V.

Publication Information Expand/Collapse

2002

Short-term quality-of-life outcomes following laparoscopic-assisted colectomy vs open colectomy for colon cancer

JC Weeks;H Nelson;S Gelber;D Sargent;G Schroeder Journal of the American Medical Association 287(3):321-328