Study on the efficacy of octreotide acetate for cancer-related bowel obstructio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- cancer-related bowel obstruction
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000000521
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Tsukuba
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patients with cognitive dysfunction 2)Patients with esophageal obstruction 3)Patients with symptomatic brain metastases or meningeal dissemination 4)Patients undergoing anticancer treatment or radiotherapy within the last 2 weeks 5)Patients judged by the physician in charge to be unsuitable for this study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Amelioration of abdominal symptoms (subjective parameters)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Reduction in the number of vomiting episodes and the volume of drainage from a gastric tube (Objective parameters) 2)Correlation between subjective and objective parameters 3)Differences in the efficacy of treatment with octreotide acetate among different cancer types or obstruction sites 4)Assessment of safety in octreotide acetate therapy