Status:

RECRUITING

Prophylactic Cholecystectomy in Midgut NETs Patients Who Require Primary Tumor Surgery.

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

Conditions:

Midgut Carcinoid Tumor

Biliary Stones

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators want to study the effectiveness of prophylactic cholecystectomy in patients with midgut neuroendocrine tumor (jejunum, ileum or proximal colon) who require primary tumor surgery. Whe...

Detailed Description

Title: Effectiveness of prophylactic cholecystectomy in patients with midgut neuroendocrine tumor (jejunum, ileum or proximal colon) who require primary tumor surgery. Randomized, proof of concept cli...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must grant the informed consent written, signed and dated.
  • Male or female older than 18 years old.
  • Radiological or histological diagnose of midgut NET that can be treated with surgery.
  • In case of female with childbearing age (time between menarche and menopause), a pregnancy test with negative result.
  • Neuroendocrine tumors located in any of the aforementioned locations.
  • Presence or not of distant metastasis.
  • Presencié or not of gallstones.
  • Capacity of follow up.

Exclusion

  • Neuroendocrine tumors which are not located in jejunum or ileum (bronchial, gastric, pancreatic, descending colon, sigma or rectum.).
  • Patients that have gone through a previous bowel resection.
  • Patients with previous cholecystectomy.
  • Pacients with biliary stone disease.
  • Patients who are candidate to liver resection or liver transplant.
  • Patients with a gallbladder polyp bigger than 6 mm.
  • Pacients with one gallbladder sessile polyp, presence of more than one polyp or patients older than 50 years old with a polyp.
  • Refusal to participate.
  • Patients with previous history of malignant neoplasms in the last 5 years, except skin basal cell carcinoma, "in situ" cervical carcinoma or in situ carcinoma found in a polyp removed with a colonoscopy.
  • Medical criteria that doesn't consider the patient a candidate to participate in the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 20 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 28 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04735198

Start Date

January 20 2021

End Date

February 28 2026

Last Update

May 20 2025

Active Locations (6)

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Hospital Universitari Trias i Pujol

Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

2

IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge.

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 08907

3

Hospital del Mar

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

4

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain