Status:

TERMINATED

Use of Post Operative Loperamide in Colorectal Patients After Diverting Ileostomies

Lead Sponsor:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Conditions:

Dehydration, Diverting Ileostomy, Loperamide

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Dehydration post creation of a diverting ileostomy is a common and debilitating problem faced by patients undergoing ileal-anal pouch anastomoses for both inflammatory bowel disease and familial adeno...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Able to freely give written informed consent to participate in the study and have signed the Informed Consent Form;
  • Males or females, age 18 and older at the time of study screening;
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class I-III (Appendix III) undergoing elective surgery

Exclusion

  • Mentally incompetent or unable or unwilling to provide informed consent or comply with study procedures
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class IV or V; emergency surgeries
  • Children \<18
  • Pregnant patients
  • Patients who have intra-abdominal sepsis or partial or intermittent bowel obstruction or enteritis
  • Patients who are on long term steroids, opioids or antidiarrheals pre operatively
  • Patients who are administered pro kinetics eg. Metoclopramide
  • Patients with recurrent disease in their small bowel - Crohn's disease, or previous irradiated pelvis resulting in irradiation bowel disease
  • End ileostomies

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 7 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02263365

Start Date

October 7 2014

End Date

December 31 2016

Last Update

December 20 2017

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Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048