No drain, no problem? new study tests simpler recovery after stomach cancer surgery
NCT ID NCT07029269
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether it's safe to avoid placing drainage tubes in the belly after laparoscopic surgery for stomach cancer. About 454 adults with early to advanced stomach cancer will be randomly assigned to get either the standard recovery plan with drains or a streamlined plan without drains. The goal is to see if skipping drains leads to fewer complications and a smoother recovery.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 454 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients' age from 18 to 80 years old; 2. Histopathologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma; 3. Clinical tumor stage of cT1-4N0-3M0; 4. Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy approach; 5. ECOG score of 0-1; 6. Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with severe concurrent illness or comorbid diseases; 2. Patients with severe pyloric obstruction, recurrent or remnant gastric cancer; 3. Patients with perforation, or undergoing emergency surgery; 4\. Patients with a history of radiotherapy; 5. Patients undergoing complex abdominal surgeries other than laparoscopic cholecystectomy or appendectomy; 6. Patients with peritoneal, hepatic or ovarian metastasis, or simultaneous tumors in other parts of the body preoperatively and intraoperatively; 7. Patients with diabetes and poor recent glycemic control; 8. Patients with autoimmune diseases who have received corticosteroid treatment; 9. Patients with a BMI ≥30 kg/m2 or \<18 kg/m2; 10. Patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage and hemoglobin levels below 90 g/L; 11. Patients with hypoproteinemia and albumin levels below 30 g/L; 12. Patients with portal hypertension; 13. Patients with severe edema or dense fibrosis intraoperatively after neoadjuvant therapy; 14. Patients with intraoperative findings of duodenal invasion; 15. Patients with combined organ resection; 16. Reconstruction different from BillrothⅡand Braun anastomosis; 17. Patients with preoperative pathological examination inconsistent with postoperative result; 18. Declined to participate; 19. Patients with poor compliance and withdrew from the study halfway
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Conditions
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
RECRUITINGFuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China
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International Hospital of Pecking University
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 102206, China
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Lanzhou University Second Hospital
RECRUITINGLanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center Gansu Hospital
RECRUITINGLanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
RECRUITINGXi'an, Xi'an City, 710061, China
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Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGZhejiang, Hangzhou, 310005, China
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