A clinical trial to study the effects of two forms of reconstruction, uncut roux-en-y gastrojejunostomy and standard roux-en-y gastrojejunostomy following partial gastrectomy or palliative bypass in patients with cancer of stomach
Phase 3
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2009/091/000071
- Lead Sponsor
- Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 68
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients undergoing partial gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma.
2. Age of the patient: 18 years and above.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who have undergone prior gastric operations or vagotomy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Gastric emptying time by nuclear gastric emptying scan.<br>2. Time taken to institute solid dietTimepoint: Gastric emptying time on the 15th postoperative day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Mortality rate.<br>2. Overall morbidity rate.<br>3. Time taken to discontinue nasogastric intubation.<br>4. Viscik grading pre- and post-operatively.<br>5. Post-operative hospital stay.<br>6. Any reoperation.<br><br>Timepoint: Immediate postoperative period during the hospital stay