RoLaCaRT-1: A Randomized Trial of Robotic Surgery versus Laparoscopic Surgery for Colon Cancer

Interventions: Surgeon will perform Right hemicolectomy performed by a robotic surgery using the da Vinci Xi surgical robotic
A robotic right hemicolectomy is performed with the da VINCI Xi surgical robot using up to four robotic arms to control small instruments introduced into the abdomen through 3 – 6 small incisions on the abdomen measuring around 8mm. One robotic arm is used for a camera. The tumour is removed through another incision (about 5cm to 8cm). The approximate duration of surgery is two hours. Surgeons will be required to electronically record every operation they perform in this study.
Primary outcome(s): To determine if performing right hemicolectomy robotically compared with laparoscopic hemicolectomy in patients with adenocarcinoma of the caecum, ascending or proximal transverse colon improves surgical morbidity.
Surgical morbidity/mortality up to 90 days (as measured by Clavien-Dindo and the Comprehensive Complication Index).
.[90 days post-surgery.]
Study Design: Purpose: Treatment; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Open (masking not used);Assignment: Parallel;Type of endpoint: Efficacy