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Bowel Prep vs Non-Bowel Prep for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

NCT00643084 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2008-03-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Research Question: Are anastomotic leak and surgical site infection rates equivalent in patients having laparoscopic bowel resections without bowel preparation vs those having bowel preparation?

Bowel preparation is a distressing and uncomfortable procedure for patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery, and also carries some risk of morbidity due to dehydration, electrolyte inbalance and possible infectious complications. If it is found that there is no difference between those patients who have preoperative bowel preps and those who do not have them, then we can save these patients this additional distress and risk at the time of their surgery.

Conditions

  • Anastomotic Leak
  • Surgical Site Infection

Interventions

PROCEDURE

low residue diet/no standard bowel preparation

low residue diet/no standard bowel preparation

PROCEDURE

standard bowel preparation

standard bowel preparation

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Margheta Cadeddu, MD · McMaster University

  • Mehran Anvari, PhD MBBS · McMaster University

  • Monali Misra, MD · McMaster University

  • Forough Farrokhyar, PhD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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