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Effect of Erythromycin Before Endoscopy of Patients With Subtotal Gastrectomy (STG), High Risk of Gastric Stasis

NCT01659619 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 114

Last updated 2013-02-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Erythromycin has a prokinetic effect through Motilin receptor. It evokes migrating motor complex with longer and stronger contraction.

In patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, It has been shown that erythromycin could clear the stomach of blood, so visual examination could be improved.

Frequent food stasis is encounted when we examine patients with subtotal gastrectomy. It is postulated that erythromycin reduce food stasis and help to improve endoscopy in these cases.

Conditions

  • Subtotal Gastrectomy
  • Stomach Cancer

Interventions

DRUG

Erythromycin

125mg in normal saline single use infusion for 5 min.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Catholic University of Korea

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Myung-Gyu Choi, M.D. · Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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