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Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Elective Colorectal Anastomosis

NCT02731963 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2016-04-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Colorectal surgery is highly associated with septic complications, therefore, multiple approaches have been used to reduce this complications, one of the most used is mechanical bowel preparation. Lately multiple studies have suggested that mechanical bowel preparation might not be necessary.

Conditions

  • Anastomosis

Interventions

DRUG

Polyethylene glycol

Patients with colorectal pathology who underwent elective colorectal anastomosis, that were randomized into two groups; one of them received mechanical bowel preparation with polyethylene glycol (study group), and the other one received clear liquid diet(control group) .

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Clotilde Fuentes, PhD · Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2016-02-29

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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