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NCT02938481Completed

International Prospective Observational Cohort Study for Optimal Bowel Resection Extent and Central Radicality for Colon Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The T-REX study aims to clarify the actual status of metastatic lymph node (LN) distribution in colon cancer and provide reliable evidence regarding the optimal length of bowel resection and the extent of central lymph node dissection in colon cancer surgery.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
3647 (actual)
First submitted
17 Oct 2016
Start date
30 May 2013
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2023
Lead sponsor
Translational Research Center for Medical Innovation, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
NCT number
NCT02938481

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Participants enrolled: 3647
  • From 30 May 2013 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2023
  • 36 sites in 7 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • All patients with preoperative adjuvant therapy

Other illness

  • Tis (mucosal cancer)
  • Multiple colon cancers

Who the study is looking for

  • Histologically proven colon adenocarcinoma
  • Pathological stage Ⅰ, Ⅱ or Ⅲ
  • Potentially curative surgery
  • Informed consent for observational data collection

Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (36)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University Hospital Erlangen
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ErlangenGermanyUnknown status
University of Leeds
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LeedsUnited KingdomUnknown status
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Bunkyo-kuJapanUnknown status
Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Disease Centre Komagome Hospital
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Bunkyo-kuJapanUnknown status
National Canser Centre Hospital East
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ChibaJapanUnknown status
National Cancer Centre Central Hospital
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Chuo-kuJapanUnknown status
Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center
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Ichihara-shiJapanUnknown status
Saitama Cancer Center
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Kitaadachi-gunJapanUnknown status
Takano Hospital
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KumamotoJapanUnknown status
Kurume University School of Medicine
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KurumeJapanUnknown status
Kyorin University School of Medicine
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MitakaJapanUnknown status
Aichi Cancer Centre Hospital
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NagoyaJapanUnknown status
Niigata Cancer Center Hospital
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NiigataJapanUnknown status
Osaka International Cancer Institute
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OsakaJapanUnknown status
Shiga University of Medical Science
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ŌtsuJapanUnknown status
Keiyukai Sapporo Hospital
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SapporoJapanUnknown status
Tokyo Women's Medical University
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Shinjuku-kuJapanUnknown status
Shizuoka Cancer Centre Hospital
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Sunto-gunJapanUnknown status
Teikyo University School of Medicine
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tabashi CityJapanUnknown status
National Defense Medical College
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TokorozawaJapanUnknown status
Fujita Health University
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ToyoakeJapanUnknown status
Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
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TsuJapanUnknown status
Tochigi Cancer Center
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UtsunomiyaJapanUnknown status
Wakayama Medical University
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WakayamaJapanUnknown status
Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital
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YamagataJapanUnknown status
Kanagawa Cancer Centre Hospital
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YokohamaJapanUnknown status
Yokohama-city University
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YokohamaJapanUnknown status
Yokohama City University Medical Center
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YokohamaJapanUnknown status
Saisei-kai Yokohama-shi Nanbu Hospital
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YokohamaJapanUnknown status
Yonsei University
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Seodaemun-guSouth KoreaUnknown status
University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center
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Songpa-GuSouth KoreaUnknown status
Klaipeda University hospital
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KlaipėdaLithuaniaUnknown status
National Cancer Institute, Lithuania
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VilniusLithuaniaUnknown status
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
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MoscowRussiaUnknown status
China Medical University Hospital
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TaichungTaiwanUnknown status
National Taiwan University Hospital
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TaipeiTaiwanUnknown status

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