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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN19463413
ISRCTN19463413CompletedNot Applicable

A prospective double blinded randomised multicentre trial of the influence of two policies of closure of the laparotomy wound in the rate of surgical site infection in colorectal cancer surgery

Carlos III Institute of Health (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Spain)0 sites738 target enrollmentStarted: June 17, 2009Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
738

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Aged above 18 years, either sex
  • 2. Colon and rectal cancer

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Before the enrolment: emergency surgery
  • 2. At enrolment:
  • 2.1. Not willing to participate
  • 2.2. Non-resectable tumours
  • 2.3. Multi-visceral resection planned
  • 2.4. Recurrence of colon or rectal carcinoma
  • 2.5. Laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection
  • 2.6. Patients programmed to place a mesh simultaneously for an incisional hernia
  • 3. At allocation:
  • 3.1. Non-resectable tumours
  • 3.2. The surgeon decides to prescribe antibiotics due to faecal contamination during operation
  • 3.3. Any violation of the protocol
  • 4. At follow-up:
  • 4.1. Peri-operative mortality
  • 4.2. Patients reoperated for any reason in the first 30 days after primary surgery
  • 4.3. Patients with an organ/space infection draining through the wound
  • 4.4. Patients not followed for at least 30 days after surgery

Investigators

Sponsor
Carlos III Institute of Health (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Spain)

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