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Impact of Braun Anastomosis on Reduction in Delayed Gastric Emptying Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01787955
Enrollment
60
Registered
2013-02-11
Start date
2013-02-28
Completion date
2014-08-31
Last updated
2015-02-26

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Conditions

Periampullary Pathology Requiring Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Keywords

Pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy(PPPD), Delayed gastric emptying syndrome(DGE), Braun anastomosis

Brief summary

Pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD) has been considered as only curative treatment modality for periampullary tumor. High mortality rates after PPPD have been reduced down to 1%. However, postoperative morbidities are still reported around 10 to 20 % even in high volume centers.The delayed gastric emptying syndrome(DGE) is one of major complications after PPPD. Many randomized control studies reported that pylorus preserving method was not related to the occurence of DGE. Thus,we assumed that large amount of biliary and pancreatic juice might affect DGE. With the aim to prove that the use of Braun anastomosis after PPPD can prevent DGE, the investigators started the recruitment of patients with a periampullary tumors to this clinical trial from february 2013 with the study hypothesis that patients with Braun anastomosis had less DGE than those who only got conventional PPPD. The investigators have calculated the number of patients necessaries to have statistical significant differences in 60 patients with a rate DGE expected to be higher than 30%. The study include all the patients that usually arrive to our surgery department and who are indicated to PPPD for the curative treatment of periampullary tumor. The study is randomized, double blind where the investigators and the patients do not know if the patients are in the Braun anastomosis group or not, and prospectively analyzed. All the clinical and laboratory or radiographic finds relative to the occurrence of DGE are recorded.

Interventions

PROCEDUREPPPD with Braun anastomosis

making communication between E-loop and A-loop (Braun anastomosis 30cm away from duodenojejunostomy, by using staple method) will be added to conventional PPPD.

PROCEDUREconventional PPPD

Sponsors

Yonsei University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with periampullary disease who have to be treated by PPPD * pancreatic cancer, distal bile duct cancer, duodenal cancer, and so on. 2. 20 year to 80 year-old patients 3. In terms of general performance status, the patients with more than 70% of the Karnofsky score or ECOG 0 to 1.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with unresectable or locally advanced and metastatic cancer. 2. The patient who does not want to take the operation. 3. The patient with more than 3 of ASA score. 4. Drug abusers or alcoholics. 5. Non-compliances 6. The patient who does not want to participate the clinical trials. 7. The patients who can not read or understand about informed consent form such as a mentally retarded person, the blind, illiteracy, or foreigner. 8. The patient who have previous transabdominal surgery 9. The patient who have to have resection of other organs or vessels other than standard PPPD 10. The patient who is indicated to laparoscopic PPPD

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Comparison of Delayed gastric emptying syndrome occurrence10 days after operationComparison of DGE occurrence between Braun anastomosis group and conventional Pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy without Braun anastomosis group

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026