Comparison of a different method of treatment (called Enhanced Recovery After Surgery or ERAS) from traditional treatment to find out time taken for recovery after undergoing surgery for gastric cancer.
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C169- Malignant neoplasm of stomach, unspecifiedHealth Condition 2: null- Patients diagnosed with carcinoma stomach
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/11/010478
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 64
Inclusion Criteria
a) Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of stomach for which surgery is expected.
b) Patient age more than 18 years
c) Accepting solids or at least oral liquids
d) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0, 1 or 2
e) American Society of Anesthesiologists score of I or II
f) No contraindication of epidural anesthesia
g) Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
a) Patients with uncontrolled diabetes or who needed the administration of insulin
b) Pregnancy
c) Involvement of duodenum
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post operative hospital stay.Timepoint: The patient will be assessed on post operative days 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and further unless patient meets the discharge criteria.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of complications such as anastomotic leak, bowel obstruction, pneumonia, surgical site infection, mortality, reoperation and readmissionTimepoint: 30 days