Randomised Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial of Magnesium Sulphate in Reducing Length of Hospital Stay In Patients Undergoing Elective Large Bowel Resectio
Completed
- Conditions
- arge bowel resectionDigestive SystemElective large bowel resection
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN72173144
- Lead Sponsor
- Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 108
Inclusion Criteria
We intend to recruit 108 subjects initially as follows:
A sample size of 54 in each group will have 90% power to detect a probability of 0.319* that an observation in Group 1 is less than an observation in Group 2 using a Wilcoxon (Mann-Whitney) rank-sum test with a 0.050 two-sided significance level.
*From a mean length of stay of 6 days in one group (Group 1) and 8 in the other group (Group 2), with a Standard Deviation of 3.000.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration