Pilot trial on safety, feasibility and effectiveness of Osteopathic MANipulative Treatment following major abdominal surgery

Pilot trial on safety, feasibility and effectiveness of Osteopathic MANipulative Treatment following major abdominal surgery - OMANT-Pilot

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00007800

Enrollment

Registered

2015-02-10

Start date

2015-02-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Patients after open or laparoscopic elective bowel resection

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: daily treatment with three different techniques (each about 30 minutes) of osteopathy for 5 days. Group 2: Control group: no-osteopathic manual treatment.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Open or laparoscopic elective bowel resection (with / without resection of other organs) - Age 18 to 90 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Diseases of the spine - Metastatic cancer - Preoperative medication with opiates - Minors - Inability to give informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pilot study without primary endpoint. General endpoints: - Mortality and morbidity until discharge (to Clavien-Dindo) - Complications caused by the intervention (quantitative and qualitative) - Problems in the implementation of the intervention (quantitative and qualitative) - Pain caused by intervention (NRS; before and after each treatment) - Length of stay (in days in intensive care and general ward) - Time to first bowel movement (hours postoperatively) - Time to first flatus (hours postoperatively) - Time to tolerance of solid food (postoperative day) - Vomiting (events in the first five days) - Pain (NRS; at each postoperative day until postoperative day 5) - Pain medication use (in mg for each drug until postoperative day 5) - Postoperative quality of life (PQL, pre-op, post-operative day 5, dismissal)	—

Measure

Time frame

Pilot study without primary endpoint. General endpoints: - Mortality and morbidity until discharge (to Clavien-Dindo) - Complications caused by the intervention (quantitative and qualitative) - Problems in the implementation of the intervention (quantitative and qualitative) - Pain caused by intervention (NRS; before and after each treatment) - Length of stay (in days in intensive care and general ward) - Time to first bowel movement (hours postoperatively) - Time to first flatus (hours postoperatively) - Time to tolerance of solid food (postoperative day) - Vomiting (events in the first five days) - Pain (NRS; at each postoperative day until postoperative day 5) - Pain medication use (in mg for each drug until postoperative day 5) - Postoperative quality of life (PQL, pre-op, post-operative day 5, dismissal)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pilot study without secondary endpoints, for objective criteria see previous item	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactPascal Probst

Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie

pascal.probst@med.uni-heidelberg.de06221-5636337

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026