The effective management of radiation-induced bowel injury: a randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning: Radiation; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning; Radiation

• Registration Number: ISRCTN22890916
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-09-28
• Study Completion: 2012-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 April 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 218

Inclusion Criteria

Patients who have a life expectancy of more than 1 year and who have received radical pelvic radiotherapy with curative intent six months previously and who subsequently have developed new onset troublesome gastrointestinal symptoms

Exclusion Criteria

Added May 2008:
1. Patient refusing to give informed consent
2. Patients deemed by their clinical oncologist to require immediate gastroenterological assessment

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified