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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01479907
Date of registration: 16/11/2011
Primary sponsor: University of Athens
Public title: Synbiotics and Gastrointestinal Function Related Quality of Life After Colectomy for Cancer
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: November 2010
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01479907
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care  
Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name:   George E Theodoropoulos, MD, PhD, FACS
Address: 
Telephone: +306945463593
Email: georgetheocrs@live.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   George E Theodoropoulos, MD, PhD, FACS
Address: 
Telephone: +306945463593
Email: georgetheocrs@live.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Colectomy for histologically proven colorectal adenocarcinoma

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy,

- hereditary cancer,

- history of inflammatory bowel disease,

- metastatic disease at presentation,

- emergency operation,

- major postoperative complications



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Dietary Supplement: Synbiotics
Primary Outcome(s)
Assessment of gastrointestinal function-related quality of life at 1, 3 and 6 months postoperatively [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
SYNBIOTICSCOLON
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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