Role of oral antibiotics in reducing the chance of infection after operations for cancer of the rectum
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients with rectal cancer
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/07/014938
- Lead Sponsor
- Shriyans Jain
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All patients with rectal/ rectosigmoid cancer ( based on MRI imaging ), planned for surgical resection
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with rectal cancer who are not eligible for mechanical bowel preparation/ where bowel preparation is contraindicated such as Crohnâ??s disease, obstructed bowel and renal or cardiac impairment.Also patients with known drug allergy to the medications used in the trial.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method . To evaluate and assess the superiority of oral antibiotic bowel preparation in reducing incidence of surgical site infections in patients undergoing elective resection for rectal cancer in comparison to only mechanical bowel preparation at a tertiary care center in India.Timepoint: 30 days from the day of surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the impact of antibiotic bowel preparation on post-operative length of hospital stayTimepoint: 30 days from the day of surgery;To assess the impact of antibiotic bowel preparation on post-operative morbidity.Timepoint: 30 days from the day of surgery