Status:

RECRUITING

STOPS Trial: Total vs Subtotal Colectomy for Slow Transit Constipation

Lead Sponsor:

Third Military Medical University

Conditions:

Slow Transit Constipation

Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Total colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis is a traditional surgical option for slow transit constipation (STC). Subtotal colectomy with caecorectal anastomosis have been reported to be a potential a...

Detailed Description

Constipation, a prevalent gastrointestinal disorder, affects 10%-15% of adults in the United States and approximately 8.2% of China's general population. Slow transit constipation (STC), accounting fo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria
  • Patients (≥18 years of age) of either sex
  • Patients with conditions in agreement with the Roman IV criteria of functional constipation
  • Patients have less than one complete spontaneous bowel movement per week
  • Patients rely on laxatives to assist defecation for a long time
  • More than 20% the radio-paque markers localized in the colon after 72 hours based on colonic transit studies
  • Patients were refractory to conservative treatment for more than 1 year
  • Patients with a strong desire for surgery
  • Exclusion criteria
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding women
  • Patients with megacolon, megarectum,severe spastic constipation, severe rectocele, rectal prolapse (Oxford Grade IV or above)
  • Patients with colorectal neoplasms
  • Patients with small intestinal slow transit
  • Patients with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome
  • Patients with inflammatory bowel disease
  • Patients with ileostomy
  • Patients with severe psychiatric disease

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 27 2022

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    December 31 2028

    Estimated Enrollment :

    252 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05352074

    Start Date

    March 27 2022

    End Date

    December 31 2028

    Last Update

    March 21 2025

    Active Locations (16)

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    Army Medical Center (Daping Hospital)

    Yuzhong, Chongqing Municipality, China, 400042

    2

    No. 940 Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army

    Lanzhou, Gansu, China, 730050

    3

    The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

    Nanning, Guangxi, China, 530016

    4

    The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University

    Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 150007

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