Please note
This trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.
Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Rectal cancer
Closed
Other
A serious side effect of rectal cancer surgery is a leak from where 2 bits of bowel have been joined. This is called an anastomotic leak. This study wants to see if a new technology can help reduce this.
Recruitment start: 20 October 2017
Recruitment end: 15 August 2023
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Professor David Jayne
NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme
University of Leeds
Last reviewed: 14 September 2023
CRUK internal database number: 14892
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