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Optimal Nutritional Palliation of Obstructed GEJ Cancer

NCT06876454 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2025-05-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main goal of this trial is to assess whether it's feasible to conduct a larger, full-scale study comparing the use of gastrostomy (g-tubes) and stents in patients with unresectable cancer of the stomach and/or esophagus, and to evaluate their impact on patients' quality of life. Additional objectives include examining the rates of complications, the need for additional treatments, and the total number of hospital days over a three-month period.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Cancer

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Gastrostomy Tube

Feeding gastrostomy tube insertion

DEVICE

Self Expanding Metal esophageal Stent

Fully covered SEMS in the esophagus

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rahul Nayak, MD MSc · London Health Sciences Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-01
Primary Completion
2026-07-01
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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