Gut bacteria under the knife: could they cause Post-Surgery infections?
NCT ID NCT05775341
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how the bacteria in your gut change during abdominal surgery and whether those changes can lead to infections at the surgery site. Researchers will collect samples from 120 adults having planned abdominal surgery to track these bacteria. The goal is to better understand why some people get infections after surgery, which could help prevent them in the future.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
Who is studied
Patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery
- 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: * Patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal resection with anastomosis or patients undergoing duodeno-pancreatectomy. * Elective surgery * Informed consent * Age \> 18 years Exclusion criteria: * Emergency surgery * Other surgery 30 days prior to surgery * BMI \<18 or \>50kg/m2 * Planed simultaneous second procedure with involvement of the intestinal tract * Cholestasis with cholangitis, hepatic disease (defined as cirrhosis Child B or C) or renal disease (acute or chronic renal failure defined as eGFR≤ 30ml/min) * Severe active enteritis or colitis, malabsorption, enteric infections * Pancreatitis
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beldi Guido
Bern, 3008, Switzerland
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