The aim of this trial is to evaluate the clinical outcome and to analyse the cost-benefit of pre-operative endoluminal stenting of obstructing left sided colo-rectal lesions compared with urgent surgical decompression. The trial will recruit patients admitted with obstructing left-sided colo-rectal lesions, randomised to either pre-operative endoscopic stenting of the obstruction or surgical decompression without pre-operative stenting. It is hoped to recruit a minimum of 140 patients.

Centres where endoscoping stenting of obstructing colo-rectal lesions is undertaken are invited to join the trial. Please read information about the trial protocol and how to join by following the links on the left of this page.

Enrollment into the trial, randomisation of patients into either group and entering patient data into the database will be through the pages of this website. Participants can also view tables and graphs of data in the database. All these facilities will be available on secure pages that are password protected and open only to registered participants.