On 26th november 2019 Antionio Caycedo-Marulanda (HSN sudbury, Canada) included patient #300th into the COLOR III trial!
Category: News
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Accrual reaches 200!
Inclusion #200 ! The 200th inclusion was registered August 20th by prof. Hongyu Zhang, First Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing medical University, China
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Update of COLORIII slides available!
For all collaborators and/or interested colleagues we have updated the basic COLOR III presentation which can be obtained at the download section of this website.
Please feel free to use these 8 key slides of the COLOR III randomized controlled trial on TaTME vs LapTME for your own presentations. We kindly ask not to alter the slides.
For any furhter Questions please contact us by mail: colortrial@vumc.nl
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FAH Chongqing opens as 8th site from larger China
We congratulate Professsor Hongyu Zhang, local PI in the First Hospital affiliated to Chongqing Medical University (FHA-CQMU) on joining the COLOR III trial.
In China mainland there are currently 6 sites open for inclusion of patients in the global RCT. With Sun Yat-sen Cancer Center Taipei and Queen Mary hospital HongKong and soon sites from Japan, Korea and Singapore Asia is contributing significantly to COLOR III!
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E. Agnelli, Italy open
Ospedale Agnelli in Pinerolo Italy isopen for inclusion. We congratulate and thank Prof. Andrea Muratore and dr Patrizia Marsanic with joining the interntaional trial. We eagerly await the first Italian patient in Color III!
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Queen Mary Hospital HK open!
As first center in Hongkong Queen Mary hospital will be able to include patients for the randomization phase of COLOR III. We congratuate and thank Local PI prof Dominic Foo for joining the collaboration!
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More Chinese centers open
In addition to Beijing Friendship Hospital and Sun Yat-sen Cancer Center Taipei four more centers are open for accrual. Queen Mary HK and FAH Chongqing expected to open this month! See a report of the round trip we made end of may 2019.
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TaTME-pioneer prof Lacy from Hospital Clinic Barcelona, open for COLOR III inclusions
TaTME-pioneer prof Lacy Hospital Clinical Barcelona opens for accural in COLOR III
Another international expert who joins COLOR III to provide the surgical community with robust evidence on TaTME versus lap TME
We highly appreciate that even in expert centers such as Hospital clinic, the need for audited randomized data with long term follow up is requiered before widespread dissemination of this new technique can occur in a safe way. Patient safety in terms of long-term outcome is key!
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Three more sites passed the SQA-pretrial
Last week three potential COLOR III sites passed the pretrial surgical Quality Assurance:
- Queenmary Hospital, dr Dominic Foo, Hong Kong
- National Cancer Center, dr Sung Chan Park, Goyang-si, Korea
- University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Dr Carlos Pastor, Madrid, Spain
As soon as IRB approval is obtained and other paperwork finalized these centers will open for patient accrual!
Interested to join COLOR III? Please see the participation and Downloads section on this website or send an e-mail to colortrial@vumc.nl
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COLOR III Newsletter Dec 2018
Dear sir/madam,
Please click here to download the COLOR III newsletter!
On behalf of the COLOR III steering comittee: Merrry Christmas and happy new year,
Stefan van Oostendorp
Trial coordinator