Does the choice of suture material affect outcome in the formulation of an intestinal stoma?

ISRCTN ISRCTN08115057
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN08115057
Secondary identifying numbers N0283122687
Submission date
12/09/2003
Registration date
12/09/2003
Last edited
14/03/2014
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Surgery
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English Summary

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Mr William Woods
Scientific

Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
Worthing Hospital
Lyndhurst Road
Worthing, West Sussex
BN11 2DH
United Kingdom

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Scientific title
Study hypothesisIs there any difference in terms of complication rate or ease of use with three of the commonly used sutures for stoma formation?
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
ConditionSurgery: Laparotomy
InterventionThis is a single centre prospective randomized controlled trial comparing the complication rates of vicryl, polydioxanone suture (PDS) or biosyn.
Intervention typeProcedure/Surgery
Primary outcome measurePrimary outcome measures are numbers of complications.
Secondary outcome measuresLength of hospital stay and time to independence in managing the stoma.
Overall study start date16/10/2002
Overall study end date30/10/2006

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupNot Specified
SexNot Specified
Target number of participants90
Participant inclusion criteria90 consenting patients due to undergo a laparotomy will be prospectively randomized into three groups.
Participant exclusion criteriaNot provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date16/10/2002
Recruitment end date30/10/2006

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
Worthing, West Sussex
BN11 2DH
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Department of Health (UK)
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website http://www.doh.gov.uk

Funders

Funder type

Government

Sussex NHS Research Consortium (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan