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Clinical Trials/2023-503349-71-00
2023-503349-71-00
Recruiting
Phase 2

TransNiDeG - The Effect of Transcutaneous Nicotine Administration on the Development of Delayed Gastric Emptying following Pancreatoduodenectomy - a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter trial

Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn7 sites in 1 country240 target enrollmentStarted: August 7, 2023Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn
Enrollment
240
Locations
7
Primary Endpoint
Grade of delayed gastric empyting (none, grades A-C representing increasing severity) according to the definition of the International study Group of Pancreatic Surgery

Overview

Brief Summary

To assess the effect of transcutaneous administration of nicotine as compared to placebo on the development and severity of delayed gastric emptying (DGE) following pancreatoduodenectomy

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 years to 65+ years (65+ Years, 18-64 Years)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • subject aged ≥ 18 years
  • given written informed consent to participate in the trial
  • planned for pancreatoduodenectomy
  • smokers must be willing to stop smoking for the duration of the IMP application (i.e. from Day 1 to Day 7)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Subject without legal capacity who is unable to understand the nature, scope, significance and consequences of this clinical trial
  • Immediately after heart attack
  • Severe cardiac arrhythmia
  • Stroke that occurred shortly before
  • Simultaneous participation in a clinical trial taking an investigational medicinal product, up to 30 days prior to last IMP intake in that clinical trial
  • Current or planned pregnancy or nursing women
  • Females of childbearing potential, who are not using and not willing to use medically reliable methods of contraception for the entire study duration (such as oral, injectable, or implantable contracep-tives, or intrauterine contraceptive devices) unless they are surgically sterilized / hysterectomized or there are any other criteria considered sufficiently reliable by the investigator in individual cases
  • Distant organ metastases (which can be diagnosed after screening, e.g. during surgery; then no resection is performed according to guidelines)
  • former gastrectomy
  • liver fibrosis/cirrhosis

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Grade of delayed gastric empyting (none, grades A-C representing increasing severity) according to the definition of the International study Group of Pancreatic Surgery

Grade of delayed gastric empyting (none, grades A-C representing increasing severity) according to the definition of the International study Group of Pancreatic Surgery

Secondary Outcomes

  • postoperative pancreatic fistula
  • postpancreatectomy hemorrhage
  • intraabdominal fluid collections
  • surgical site infections
  • re-intervention rate
  • re-operation rate
  • Clavien-Dindo classification
  • MTL30 score
  • quality-of-life questionnaires (QLQ-C30 and PAN26)
  • mortality
  • cardiovascular events ((non-fatal) myocardial infarction, (non-fatal) stroke, revascularization during admission)
  • requirement of naso-gastric tube (NGT) in the first 21 days after surgery
  • inability to tolerate solid oral food in the first 21 days after surgery
  • vomiting/gastric distension in the first 21 days after surgery
  • use of prokinetics in the first 21 days after surgery
  • Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events

Investigators

Sponsor
Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn
Sponsor Class
Educational Institution
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

PD Dr. Tim Glowka

Scientific

Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn

Study Sites (7)

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