Status:
COMPLETED
Ultra Structure Of Peritoneum At Electronic Microscopy In Control Subjects And Patients With Gastric Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
University of Chile
Conditions:
Stomach Neoplasm
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Peritoneal metastases appear in a great proportion of patients affected by gastric carcinoma. Involved mechanisms are poorly understood though experimentally it has been demonstrated that neoplastic c...
Detailed Description
18 out of 32 cases were eligible for analysis. Four patients operated on for benign diseases served as control and 14 patients with operable local gastric adenocarcinoma (4 mucosa/submucosa/muscular y...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients with operable local gastric adenocarcinoma
Exclusion
- previous abdominal surgery
- previous open or blunt abdominal trauma
- history of inflammatory bowel disease or Typhoid Fever, Gallstone disease, chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or any other abdominal condition that could alter peritoneal integrity.
- All other gastric malignancies such as lymphomas, GIST, carcinoids
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2002
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2004
Estimated Enrollment :
18 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00935779
Start Date
October 1 2002
End Date
December 1 2004
Last Update
July 9 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital, University of Chile
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile