Probiotics may speed healing after burst appendix surgery
NCT ID NCT06856434
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving a probiotic called Lactobacillus plantarum after surgery for a burst appendix can reduce inflammation, pain, and hospital stay. Researchers will measure white blood cell counts and pain levels in 50 adults. The goal is to see if probiotics help control complications and speed recovery.
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Study facts
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- 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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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 diagnosed with diffuse peritonitis caused by appendicitis * Patients undergoing laparotomic appendectomy. * Patients aged 18 years or older. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a history of previous laparotomy. * Patients who underwent laparotomy combined with surgery on other parts of the body. * Patients with a history of cancer. * Patients with pre-existing comorbidities (uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, end-stage renal disease \[ESRD\], human immunodeficiency virus \[HIV\], and systemic lupus erythematosus \[SLE\]). * Patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). * Patients with prior consumption of probiotics.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hasan Sadikin General Hospital
Bandung, West Java, 40161, Indonesia
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