KLASS 01



ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier | NCT 00452751

FULL NAME Prospective randomized controlled trial (phase III) to comparing laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with open distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer
STUDY DESIGN Multicenter, Prospective, Phase III trial
Primary endpoint: 5 year disease free survival
19 surgeons from 17 centers
Retrospective cohort : 3284
Prospective cohort : 1416

PRINCIPLE
INVESTIGATOR
Hyung-Ho Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine)
e-mail: lapakh2@gmail.com
CHRONOLOGY 2004.07 KLASS foundation
2006.01 KLASS 01 start
2007.04 Interim analysis (Morbidity and mortality analyzed)
2010.08 Final enrollment
2014.03 Long-term result of retrospective data
2015.09 Short-term outcomes of prospective data
2017.03 Anticipating long-term outcomes of prospective data
PUBLICATED
ARTICLES
1. Kim W, Kim HH, Han SU, Kim MC, Hyung WJ, Ryu SW, Cho GS, Kim CY, Yang HK, Park DJ, Song KY, Lee SI, Ryu SY, Lee JH, Lee HJ; Korean Laparo-endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (KLASS) Group. Decreased Morbidity of Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy Compared With Open Distal Gastrectomy for Stage I Gastric Cancer: Short-term Outcomes From a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (KLASS-01). Ann Surg. 2016 Jan;263(1):28-35. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001346. PMID: 26352529.

2. Kim HH, Han SU, Kim MC, Kim W, Lee HJ, Ryu SW, Cho GS, Kim CY, Yang HK, Park DJ, Song KY, Lee SI, Ryu SY, Lee JH, Hyung WJ; Korean Laparoendoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (KLASS) Group. Effect of Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy vs Open Distal Gastrectomy on Long-term Survival Among Patients With Stage I Gastric Cancer: The KLASS-01 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Apr 1;5(4):506-513. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6727. PMID: 30730546; PMCID: PMC6459124.