Denne siden ble automatisk oversatt og nøyaktigheten av oversettelsen er ikke garantert. Vennligst referer til engelsk versjon for en kildetekst.

The Effect of Nasogastric Tube Placement on Complications in Patients With Small Bowel Obstruction - the SBO-TUBE Trial (SBO-TUBE)

8. juni 2026 oppdatert av: Daniel Wilhelms, University Hospital, Linkoeping

The Effect of Nasogastric Tube Placement on Complications in Patients With Small Bowel Obstruction - the SBO-TUBE Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a surgical emergency where the normal continuous bowel movements are hindered and approximately 8000-9000 patients visit the emergency department every year in Sweden due to SBO. A minority of these have evidence of intestinal injury, warranting emergency surgery, while the majority (70-90%) will have an initial plan for non-operative management with a nasogastric tube (NGT), placed to alleviate gastric pressure, reduce pain and prevent complications like aspiration pneumonia. The effectiveness of NGT in patients with SBO to prevent complications is unclear, with current data from observational data indicating increased risk of pneumonia in patients treated with NGT. Objective: To assess whether deferring the placement of a NGT in subjects with small bowel obstruction and planned for non-operative management leads to lower rates of respiratory complication compared to placing an NGT. Methods: This will be a randomized, controlled, open-label, multicenter study of patients with SBO and an initial plan for non-operative management. Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to not receive an NGT (intervention) or receive an NGT (control) and monitored regularly until the SBO resolves spontaneously or through surgery, whichever comes first. The primary outcome will be a composite of pulmonary complications and treatment in a high dependency unit, analyzed as a superiority study with an intention-to-treat framework with secondary per-protocol and non-inferiority analysis. The trial will recruit 1000 patients. Secondary analysis includes health-economy, qualitative interviews, and long term (1 year) follow up. Discussion: The current management of NGT in SBO is based on clinical and guideline-based recommendations with limited supporting data. Available data, albeit observational with risk for selection bias, indicates increased risk of complications. This equipoise warrants further investigation to understand the true benefit of NGT in SBO. This study will provide high quality evidence of the ability of a NGT to prevent complications in SBO through its randomized, prospective design

Studieoversikt

Status

Rekruttering

Forhold

Intervensjon / Behandling

Studietype

Intervensjonell

Registrering (Antatt)

1000

Fase

  • Ikke aktuelt

Kontakter og plasseringer

Denne delen inneholder kontaktinformasjon for de som utfører studien, og informasjon om hvor denne studien blir utført.

Studiekontakt

Studer Kontakt Backup

  • Navn: Erika Johannesson, MSc
  • Telefonnummer: +46101030000

Studiesteder

  • Sverige
      • Linköping, Sverige, 58561
        • Rekruttering
        • Linköping University Hospital
        • Ta kontakt med:
      • Motala, Sverige, 59135
        • Rekruttering
        • Motala Lasarett
        • Ta kontakt med:
      • Värnamo, Sverige, 33156
        • Rekruttering
        • Värnamo Lasarett
        • Ta kontakt med:
        • Underetterforsker:
          • Amanda Tyrsing, MD
        • Underetterforsker:
          • Kaj Li, MD

Deltakelseskriterier

Forskere ser etter personer som passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kalt kvalifikasjonskriterier. Noen eksempler på disse kriteriene er en persons generelle helsetilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Kvalifikasjonskriterier

Alder som er kvalifisert for studier

  • Voksen
  • Eldre voksen

Tar imot friske frivillige

Nei

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Small bowel obstruction diagnosed on Computer Tomography

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nasogastric Tube already places
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Previous stroke with documented persistent dysphagia
  • Planned for urgent surgery
  • Acute Massive Gastric Dilatation
  • Gastric outlet obstruction
  • Fundoplicatio/Inability to vomit
  • Signs of pneumonia/pneumonitis on initial diagnostic CT

Studieplan

Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.

Hvordan er studiet utformet?

Designdetaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomisert
  • Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
  • Masking: Ingen (Open Label)

Våpen og intervensjoner

Deltakergruppe / Arm
Intervensjon / Behandling
Eksperimentell: Nasogastric Tube
This arm receives a nasogastric tube. Other management according to local guidelines.
Fremgangsmåte: Nasogastric tube placement
The placement of a nasogastric tube from the nares to gastric ventricle.
Ingen inngripen: No Nasogastric Tube
Nasogastric tube is deferred. Other management according to local guidelines

Hva måler studien?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Composite of Pulmonary complications and care at a high dependency unit or intensive care unit
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge

Pulmonary complications, any of:

  • Respiratory infection - treatment with antibiotics supported by suggestive findings on x-ray and/or laboratory findings
  • Respiratory failure - new pulse-oximetry values below 90% or an increased need for supplemental oxygen for an oxygen saturation above 90%, measured by pulse-oximetry or blood gases.
  • Pleural effusion - based on x-ray findings
  • Atelectasis - based on x-ray findings
  • Pneumothorax - based on x-ray findings
  • Bronchospasm - documented wheezing or increased effort breathing
  • Aspiration pneumonitis - treatment with antibiotics supported by suggestive findings on x-ray and/or laboratory findings and a clinical correlation to an event of vomiting/dysphagia High dependency unit or Intensive care unit

This study will use the definitions of pulmonary complications defined by Jammer et al:

Individual components of the composite endpoint will be reported and analysed separately as secondary endpoints.
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Surgery
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Requiring surgery for their small bowel obstruction
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Death
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 365 days
Death from any cause
From enrollment until 365 days
Time to functional recovery
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first

Time to functional recovery is seen as a more objective outcome compared to hospital length of stay, which may be influenced by other factors, not related to the disease. Functional recovery is a composite of the following components:

  • Independently mobile at preoperative level
  • Sufficient pain control with oral medications only
  • Ability to maintain necessary caloric intake with parenteral nutrition of fluids
  • No intravenous fluid administration
  • No clinical signs of infection
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Bowel perforation
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
As a finding, or complication, during surgery
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Bowel resection
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Bowel resection during surgery measured in cm.
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Hospital Length of Stay
Tidsramme: Enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Length of stay in hospitals measured both as when the subject is ready to leave the hospital and when the subject actually leaves hospital
Enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Emergency Department Length of Stay
Tidsramme: From emergency department registration until 2 days or emergency department discharge, whichever comes first.
The duration the research subject stays in the Emergency Department
From emergency department registration until 2 days or emergency department discharge, whichever comes first.
Time to resolved small bowel obstruction
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Time to resolvement of obstruction, defined as either; Water soluable contrast passing to the colon, or both ability to pass gas and ability for oral intake
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Readmission for small bowel obstruction
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 365 days
Any readmission to hospital for small bowel obstruction
From enrollment until 365 days

Andre resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Recurrent Small Bowel Obstruction
Tidsramme: From inclusion until 365 days
Admission for small bowel obstruction
From inclusion until 365 days
Health-related quality of life
Tidsramme: Up to 30 days after hospital discharge
Measured by the EQ-5D-5L tool
Up to 30 days after hospital discharge
Number of required morphine-equivalents
Tidsramme: From inclusion until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
From inclusion until 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever comes first
Nausea
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital admission, whichever comes first
Nausea, measured on a numeric rating scale from 0 to 10
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital admission, whichever comes first
Pain from Small bowel obstruction
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital admission, whichever comes first
Pain, measure on a numeric rating scale from 0-10
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital admission, whichever comes first
Pain from insertion of nasogastric tube
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 2 days or emergency department discharge, whichever comes first
Patient experience pain on a NRS 0-10 scale
From enrollment until 2 days or emergency department discharge, whichever comes first
Discomfort from nasogastric tube
Tidsramme: From enrollment until 30 days or hospital admission, whichever comes first
Patient-experience discomfort, rated on NRS (0-10) scale
From enrollment until 30 days or hospital admission, whichever comes first

Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere

Det er her du vil finne personer og organisasjoner som er involvert i denne studien.

Sponsor

University Hospital, Linkoeping

Samarbeidspartnere

Linkoeping University
Region Jönköping County

Etterforskere

  • Hovedetterforsker: Jens Wretborn, Associate Professor, Clinical Department of Emergency Medicine in Linköping, Region Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Studierekorddatoer

Disse datoene sporer fremdriften for innsending av studieposter og sammendragsresultater til ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieposter og rapporterte resultater gjennomgås av National Library of Medicine (NLM) for å sikre at de oppfyller spesifikke kvalitetskontrollstandarder før de legges ut på det offentlige nettstedet.

Studer hoveddatoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

27. mai 2026

Primær fullføring (Antatt)

31. desember 2027

Studiet fullført (Antatt)

31. desember 2028

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først innsendt

30. april 2026

Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

30. april 2026

Først lagt ut (Faktiske)

8. mai 2026

Oppdateringer av studieposter

Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Faktiske)

11. juni 2026

Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

8. juni 2026

Sist bekreftet

1. juni 2026

Mer informasjon

Begreper knyttet til denne studien

Nøkkelord

Ytterligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre studie-ID-numre

  • 2026-00330-01

Legemiddel- og utstyrsinformasjon, studiedokumenter

Studerer et amerikansk FDA-regulert medikamentprodukt

Nei

Studerer et amerikansk FDA-regulert enhetsprodukt

Nei

Denne informasjonen ble hentet direkte fra nettstedet clinicaltrials.gov uten noen endringer. Hvis du har noen forespørsler om å endre, fjerne eller oppdatere studiedetaljene dine, vennligst kontakt register@clinicaltrials.gov. Så snart en endring er implementert på clinicaltrials.gov, vil denne også bli oppdatert automatisk på nettstedet vårt. .

Abonnere