Status:

UNKNOWN

Postoperative Progression of the Disease Following Extensive Versus Limited Mesenteric Excision for Crohn's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Jinling Hospital, China

Collaborating Sponsors:

University Hospital of Limerick

The Cleveland Clinic

Conditions:

Postoperative Surgical Recurrence

Eligibility:

All Genders

16-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study evaluates whether there is a reduction in the rate of postoperative progression of the disease following extensive mesenteric excision (EME), when compared to that of limited mesenteric exci...

Detailed Description

EME and LME are the two surgical procedures which are commonly used in the treatment of Crohn's disease. However, the areas of the mesenteric tissue resected are different. EME means that the mesente...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with Crohn's disease limited to the distal ileum and/or right colon receiving their index ileocolonic resection
  • Patients with a documented history of Crohn's disease based on endoscopic, radiological, or histological criteria

Exclusion

  • Pregnancy or willingness to become pregnant in the following year
  • Previous ileocolic resection history
  • Patients having Crohn's disease lesion at a gastrointestinal site other than the terminal ileum cecum, or right colon
  • Patients having an internal fistula which required resection of another segment of bowel

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 18 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

116 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03769922

Start Date

February 18 2019

End Date

January 1 2025

Last Update

February 27 2019

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General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210000