Short-term clinical outcomes from a randomized controlled trial to evaluate laparoscopic versus open complete mesocolic excision for stage II,III colorectal cancer (CRC): Japan Clinical Oncology Group study JCOG0404 (NCT00147134).

3569 Background: The benefits of laparoscopic surgery (LAP) in comparison with open surgery (OP) have been suggested; however, the long-term survival of LAP for advanced CRC requiring complete mesocolic excision is still unclear. We conducted a study to confirm the non-inferiority of LAP to OP in terms of overall survival (OS)with less frequent post-operative morbidity. Short-term outcomes including post-operative complications are presented here. Methods: Only accredited surgeons from 30 Japanese institutions participated. Eligibility criteria included histologically proven CRC; tumor located in the cecum, ascending, sigmoid or rectosigmoid colon; T3 or deeper lesion without involvement of other organs; N0–2 and M0; tumor size =<8 cm; patient age 20-75 years. Patients were randomized preoperatively.Patients with pathological stage III received adjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin. The primary endpoint is OS. and the planned sample size was 1050. Results: A total of 1057 patients were r...