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Esophageal CancerNCT05523960

Mechanical Bowel Preparation Versus no Bowel Preparation for Esophageal Cancer Surgery

A study testing No MBP in people with Esophageal Cancer, run by Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences at 1 site in China.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The study type was designed as a prospective multicenter randomized controlled study. The patients will be divided into intervention group and control group, 281 patients were needed for each group and 562 patients would be needed totally to show this difference. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Esophageal Cancer
What is being tested?
No MBP
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
652 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
1 Sep 2022to 30 Apr 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients who were scheduled for esophageal cancer resection in participating centers were eligible for inclusion.

Who cannot join

  • need for emergency surgery;
  • previous chronic constipation or diarrhea;
  • previous abdominal surgery; need for colonic reconstruction;
  • other indications for mechanical preparation or contraindications;
  • allergy to drugs used in the trial (polyethylene glycol)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

    Beijing

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About this study

Official title: Mechanical Bowel Preparation Versus no Bowel Preparation for Esophageal Cancer Surgery: a Multi-center, Randomized, Parallel, Single-blinded Trial

The study type was designed as a prospective multicenter randomized controlled study. The patients will be divided into intervention group and control group, 281 patients were needed for each group and 562 patients would be needed totally to show this difference. Due to a possible loss of 14%, the final sample size was calculated to be 652 patients. The intervention group will not implement mechanical bowel preparation(MBP) before surgery; the control group will receive routine preoperative MBP for oral administration of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder and fasting water. Perioperative complications, intestinal recovery speed and quality of life will be investigated between the two groups.

Read the detailed description

Patients allocated to MBP will be instructed by the study nurse to prepare their bowel mechanically by drinking 3~4L of polyethylene glycol (Polyethylene Glycol Electrolytes Powder 68.56g; Shenzhen, China) with water before 6pm in the evening the day before the surgery. Patients allocated to NBP were instructed to not prepare the bowel. The receipt of the allocated intervention will be controlled by study nurse asking the patients on the morning of the surgery whether they had acted as instructed by the allocation. This information will be also concealed from treating physicians and surgeons, data collectors, and data analysts, until the primary and secondary outcomes were analyzed. All patients will follow the ERAS protocol. Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics (cephamycin 1000mg) will be given to all patients 30 minutes before skin incision. The prophylactic intravenous antibiotics will re-administered if the surgery lasted longer than 3h from the first antibiotic dose. Surgical skin preparation will involve taking a bath well the night before operation without shaving the hair. Just before skin incision, the area will then washed three times with denatured 80% alcohol to left to dry.

Being tested
No MBP
Medical subject headings
Esophageal Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • No MBPProcedure or surgery

    No mechanical bowel preparation before operation

Study groups in NCT05523960
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
NBP groupExperimentalPatients allocated to NBP were instructed to not prepare the bowel.
Receives: Procedure: No MBP
MBP groupOtherPatients allocated to MBP were instructed by the study nurse to prepare their bowel mechanically by drinking 3~4L of polyethylene glycol (Polyethylene Glycol Electrolytes Powder 68.56g; Shenzhen, China) with water before 6pm in the evening the day before the surgery.
Receives: Procedure: No MBP

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. the rate of major complications

    A major intraoperative and postoperative complication was defined as a surgical or medical complication with a Clavien-Dindo (CD) grade of Ⅱor higher (this five-grade system includes sub-grades in grades Ⅲ and Ⅳ, and higher grades indicate more life-threatening complications) according to Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group (ECCG)

    Measured: during surgery orwithin 30 days after surgery

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted1 Sep 2022
  2. Study start1 Sep 2022
  3. Primary completion1 Jan 2023
  4. Study completion30 Apr 2023

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
652 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05523960
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCC2020C-511
Status last verified
May 2024
First submitted
29 Aug 2022
Last updated
7 May 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing No MBP in people with Esophageal Cancer, run by Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 May 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

the rate of major complications (time frame: during surgery orwithin 30 days after surgery). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 May 2024.

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