Bridge device for stoma: does it help or hinder?
NCT ID NCT02756273
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether placing a bridge device during loop ileostomy creation reduces complications like infections or stoma problems. 166 adults having elective colorectal surgery took part. The goal was to see if the device improves outcomes or just adds difficulty to care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bridge device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, using a bridge device could reduce wound infections and other stoma problems after colorectal surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 166 participants, but the device may not reduce complications and could make nursing care harder.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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166 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2016
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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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: * colorectal disease (cancer; diverticulitis; Crohn disease; inflammatory bowel disease) * requiring elective surgery with an ileostomy * patient having given his consent before the enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * patient with early closure of the stoma (within 10 days after the colorectal surgery) * long term corticoids * emergency surgery * history of stoma in the side of the stoma placement planned for the study * BMI \>50 * No signature of the consent to participate in the study * Physical or mental state not allowing participation in the study * Contraindication to surgery * ASA classification (American Society of Anesthesiologists) IV-V or life expectancy \<48h * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Patient under guardianship or guardianship or patient deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision (in accordance with articles L1121-6 and L1121-8 of the Public Health Code) * Minor patient * Patient without social protection Peroperative exclusion criteria: * no anastomosis * no ileostomy * Spontaneous stomal retraction
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amiens Universitary Hospital
Amiens, France
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Beauvais hospital
Beauvais, France
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Chu Rouen
Rouen, France, 76000, France
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