Bowel cleanse before colon surgery: helpful or just hype?
NCT ID NCT07546565
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether cleaning the bowel before surgery for colon cancer reduces the chance of infection after the operation. About 74 patients will be randomly assigned to either receive or skip the bowel prep. The main goal is to see if there is a difference in surgical site infections within 30 days after surgery.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 74 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with colon cancer stage I-III according to the TNM classification * Patients undergoing elective right hemicolectomy or extended right hemicolectomy with totally intracorporeal anastomosis at University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City * Postoperative histopathological confirmation of adenocarcinoma Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing emergency surgery * Contraindications to mechanical bowel preparation (e.g., bowel obstruction, subobstruction, bowel perforation, or peritumoral abscess) * Contraindications to laparoscopic surgery (American Society of Anesthesiologists \[ASA\] physical status IV or V) or to intracorporeal anastomosis * Distant metastasis at the time of surgery (stage IV according to the TNM classification) * Recurrent colon cancer after prior surgery * Synchronous primary malignancies in other organs * Patients undergoing palliative surgery or surgery for tumor-related complications (non-curative intent) * Inability to complete follow-up or be contacted
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Medical Center HCMC
RECRUITINGHo Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, 70000, Vietnam
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