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Effectiveness and Safety Study on Different Timing of Preventive Ileostomy Closure After Surgery for Rectal Cancer

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Fudan University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Rectal Cancer

Treatments

Procedure: stoma closure at different times

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02665026
KY2015-276

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the appropriate timing to do preventive ileostomy closure after total mesorectal excision of rectal cancer. To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of preventive ileostomy closure at different time (12 weeks / 24 weeks after radical resection of rectal carcinoma). This study was expected to demonstrate that the early preventive ileostomy closure after total mesorectal excision of rectal cancer does not increase the risk of complications.

Full description

A temporary stoma may, in fact, result in reduced quality of life because of feelings of physical and mental restriction, debilitating nuisance, among other problems. Skin irritation, prolapse, and retractionare quite common after ileostomy. A high incidence of parastomal hernia, ileus, and increased salt and fluid loss has been reported, which may also contribute to greater willingness of both the surgeon and patient to close the temporary stoma as soon as possible.

Currently, it remains unclear whether stoma closure should be performed after the end of chemotherapy or during chemotherapy (12 weeks or 24 weeks after radical resection of rectal carcinoma).

The aim of this study is to assess the possible impact of stoma closure timing on postoperative results and to evaluate that the early preventive ileostomy closure after total mesorectal excision of rectal cancer does not increase the risk of complications.

Enrollment

250 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • sign the informed consent
  • postoperative pathology is rectal adenocarcinoma
  • primary middle and low rectal cancer patients (tumor distance from the anal margin is less than 10 cm)
  • underwent total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer with preventive loop ileostomy

Exclusion criteria

  • postoperative pathology is not rectal adenocarcinoma (rectal neuroendocrine tumor, lymphoma, etc.)
  • postoperative pathologic staging of rectal cancer is I phase, II phase
  • underwent total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer without preventive loop ileostomy
  • emergency operation for rectal cancer
  • disease progression (local recurrence or distant metastasis, etc.)
  • anastomotic stenosis
  • serious system disease, including heart dysfunction, respiratory insufficiency, liver and kidney dysfunction, serious blood diseases
  • participate in other clinical trial
  • pregnancy or perinatal woman
  • combined with other malignant tumor
  • with a history of neurological and psychiatric disorders
  • patients with abnormal bone marrow suppression after chemotherapy

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

250 participants in 1 patient group

stoma closure at different times
Experimental group
Description:
choose different times to do stoma closure after surgery for rectal cancer
Treatment:
Procedure: stoma closure at different times

Trial contacts and locations

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