Early Recovery After Gastric Cancer Surgery

July 18, 2012 updated by: Hoon Hur, Ajou University School of Medicine

Prospective Clinical Study for Early Recovery After Gastric Cancer Surgery

Study preparation

  • To progress this prospective study, the investigators analyzed the retrospective data of 426 patients who had been managed with conventional critical pathway after gastric cancer surgery during last 1 year.
  • Through this retrospective analysis, we decided the inclusion criteria which showed significantly the lower complication rate and shorter hospital stay.

Method for Prospective study

  • Patients who enroll in this prospective study are administered and are supplied a liquid diet one day before surgery without bowel preparation.
  • After gastric cancer surgery, they start sips of water on postoperative first day, and they are discharged once they exhibit at least three times soft diet without specific complaint and had normal clinical status and physical examination.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Enrollment of patients

  • Before the patients are enrolled in this study, they give us informed consents.
  • A liquid diet is supplied beginning from the morning of the day prior to operation to the midnight.

Operation and postoperative management

  • All procedures are approached by laparoscopic surgery, and partial gastrectomy with lymph node dissection are performed.
  • The patients who are considered to be difficult to progress early oral feeding in surgical field are excluded from the study.
  • Nasogastric tube is not applied to patients.
  • Postoperative pain is managed by non-opioid pain killer.
  • The patients are started on sips of water on the first postoperative day.
  • If they are tolerable, a liquid diet is started on the second postoperative day, and a soft diet on a third postoperative day for them.
  • We have a plan to discharge the patients on the fourth postoperative day if they exhibit at least three times soft diet without specific complaint and had normal clinical status and physical examination.

Evaluation of patients

- The patients are followed up to 30 days after discharge from hospital, and we check whether they are tolerable without any compliant and are readmitted.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

109

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Korea, Republic of
      • Suwon, Korea, Republic of, 443-721
        • Recruiting
        • Ajou University Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sang-Uk Han, Professor
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Cheul Soo Byun, Instructor

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 65 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma
  • 65 years old and blew
  • Patients are expected to be undergone distal subtotal gastrectomy
  • No complication by gastric cancer
  • No synchronous metastatic lesions
  • Laparoscopic or robotic surgery
  • Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous gastrectomy history
  • Combined surgery due to synchronous malignancy
  • Patients with major organ dysfunction

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Early recovery

Patients who enroll in this arm are supplied a liquid diet one day before surgery without bowel preparation.

After gastric cancer surgery, they start sips of water on postoperative first day, and they are discharged once they exhibit at least three times soft diet without specific complaint and had normal clinical status and physical examination.
Dietary supplement: Early recovery
The patients are started on sips of water on the first postoperative day. If they are tolerable, a liquid diet is started on the second postoperative day, and a soft diet on a third postoperative day for them. We have a plan to discharge the patients on the fourth postoperative day if they exhibit at least three times soft diet without specific complaint and had normal clinical status and physical examination.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Drop rate from critical pathway
Time Frame: 4 days
It is defined as the proportion of dropped patients from 4 days critical pathway
4 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Postoperative pain
Time Frame: 7 days
It is defined as the change of pain scale after surgery
7 days
Postoperative complication
Time Frame: 30 days
It is defined the complications after surgery
30 days
Postoperative mortality
Time Frame: 30 days
It will defined as the death case during 30 days after surgery
30 days
Recovery after surgery
Time Frame: 7 days
It is defined as the time to first flatus and recovery of bowel activity after surgery
7 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Ajou University School of Medicine

Collaborators

JW Pharmaceutical

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hoon Hur, Prof., Ajou University School of Medicine

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

July 1, 2014

Study Completion (Anticipated)

August 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 14, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 16, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

July 17, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 20, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 18, 2012

Last Verified

July 1, 2012

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AJIRB-MED-MDB-12-002

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