Machine Learning-based Surgical Guidance System for Robot-assisted Rectal Surgery

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Conditions studied: Rectum Cancer

In brief

The aim of the study is to evaluate the technical feasibility and applicability of a surgical assistance system based on image recognition algorithms in a first-in-human pilot study. In addition, this study will provide preliminary data on the oncological outcome of the assistance system.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05652361

Run by

Technische Universität Dresden

People needed

12

Starts

2026-02-01

Expected to finish

2027-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with rectal cancer scheduled for robot-assisted rectal resection
• Intact preoperative urogenital/rectal function
• Full capability of consent

You may not qualify if…

• Previous/Second malignant disease <5 years before diagnosis of rectal cancer
• Previous abdominal surgery, except for laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy or Cesarean section
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women
• Addiction or illness that prevent the person concerned from assessing the nature and scope of the clinical trial and its possible consequences
• indication that the participant is unlikely to comply with the trial protocoll (e.g. lack of compliance)
• official or court order for involuntary hospitalization

Where it is running

• Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden — Dresden, Saxony, Germany (enrolling)

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