Omentectomy in Radical Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02050659

Acronym

OMEGA

Enrollment

100

Registered

2014-01-31

Start date

2012-03-31

Completion date

2014-02-28

Last updated

2015-03-10

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Conditions

Omentum, Stomach Neoplasms

Brief summary

In patients with gastric cancer, traditionally a complete omentectomy is performed as part of a radical gastrectomy with a modified D2 lymph node dissection. The omentectomy increases operation time significantly, especially in laparoscopic procedures. Patients remain more vulnerable for peritoneal infections and intestinal adhesions following omentectomy. Furthermore one can debate whether a complete omentectomy is indicated from an oncologic viewpoint. In the present study we prospectively evaluated the presence of tumor load in the greater omentum of patients with potentially curative gastric cancer.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* an in potentially curative gastric cancer * age \> 18 year

Exclusion criteria

* palliative resection * age \< 18 year

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
tumorload in the greater omentum	at the time of pathologic investigation

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results