Which surgery best unblocks stomach cancer? new trial aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07435025
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial compares two surgeries—removing part of the stomach (resection) versus creating a bypass—to relieve blockages in advanced stomach cancer. It includes 63 patients with obstructed tumors. The main goal is to see which procedure better eases symptoms like nausea and vomiting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- palliative gastric resection or palliative bypass surgery
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could show which surgery better relieves stomach blockage in advanced gastric cancer, improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center trial with only 63 patients. Results may not apply to all patients, and both surgeries carry risks like infection or leakage.
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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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About 63 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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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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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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: * emergency obstructed gastric cancer patients Exclusion Criteria: * non obstructed gastric cancer patients
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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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faculty of medicine, Zagazig University
Zagazig, Sharqia Province, 44519, Egypt
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