ER tube study questions painful routine for blocked bowel
NCT ID NCT06262815
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at 400 adults with a small bowel blockage in the emergency department. It checks if placing a tube through the nose into the stomach actually helps with pain and recovery. The study also examines how frailty affects outcomes in older patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 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 visiting any of the following Emergency Departments in Sweden: * Linköping University Hospital * Motala Lasarett * Vrinnevisjukhuset Norrköping * Sundvalls Lasarett * Skåne University Hospital Malmö * Skåne University Hospital Lund * Sahlgrenska University Hospital Sahlgrenska * Sahlgrenska University Hospital Östra
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed small bowel obstruction * Age 18 or older Exclusion Criteria: * Abdominal surgery within 7 days * Not able to give informed consent
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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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Akutmottagningen US Östergötland
Linköping, Östergötland County, 58185, Sweden
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Lasarett i Motala
Motala, Sweden
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Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Skånes Universitetssjukhus
Lund, Sweden
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Skånes Universitetssjukhus
Malmö, Sweden
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Sundsvalls sjukhus
Sundsvall, Sweden
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Vrinnevisjukhuset
Norrköping, Sweden
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Östra sjukhuset
Gothenburg, Sweden
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