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Comparison of Mechanical Bowel Preparation Versus Enema for Candidates to Colorectal Resection for Adenocarcinoma

NCT00940030 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 440

Last updated 2018-11-07

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) with polyethylene glycol plus bowel enema versus bowel enema alone in patients candidates to colorectal resection for malignancy.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

mechanical bowel preparation

fiberless diet starting 2 days before surgery. Drugs containing iron and coal plant will be stopped. Free breakfast the day before surgery. Lunch: meat broth and white meat. From 16 p. m. to 20 p. m. assumption of Polyethylene Glycol Macrogol 70 mg per 1 liter of water 4 times (1L each hour). A bowel enema (2L, glycerin 5%) will be administered at 6 a. m. the day of surgery.

OTHER

enema

fiberless diet starting 2 days before surgery. Drugs containing iron and coal plant will be stopped. Free breakfast the day before surgery. Lunch: meat broth and white meat. Dinner: meat broth and fasting starting from midnight. A bowel single enema (2L, glycerin 5%) will be administered at 6 a. m. the day of surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • European Institute of Oncology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bruno Andreoni, MD · European Institute of Oncology

  • Roberto Biffi, MD · European Institute of Oncology

  • Emilio Bertani, MD · European Institute of Oncolgy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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