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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01139424
Date of registration: 28/05/2010
Primary sponsor: University of Schleswig-Holstein
Public title: Closure of Anastomotic Leaks in the Stomach and Esophagus by Endoscopic Suturing GASTROSUTURE
Scientific title: Safety and Efficacy of Closure of Postoperative Anastomotic Leaks in the Stomach and Esophagus by Endoscopic Suturing: A Prospective Pilot Study
Date of first enrolment: June 2010
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01139424
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:   Annette Fritscher-Ravens, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 0049-431-597-2133
Email: fritscher-ravens@1med.uni-kiel.de
Affiliation: 
Name:   Annette Fritscher-Ravens, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 0049-431-597-2133
Email:
Affiliation: 
Name:   Annette Fritscher-Ravens, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  UKSH
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- leakage at anastomosis within 2 weeks after upper gastrointestinal (GI) resection

Exclusion Criteria:

- tubular ischemia of the upper GI tract

- inability to provide informed consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anastomosis, Surgical
Postoperative
Intervention(s)
Device: endoscopic suturing
Primary Outcome(s)
Safety [Time Frame: 2 years]
Technical feasibility [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Long term safety [Time Frame: 6 months after diagnosis of anastomotic leakage]
Time to healing of the anastomotic leak [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
1-Fritscher-Ravens
UKSH1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
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