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NCT number NCT04311333
Other study ID # CTULOP
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date September 27, 2016
Est. completion date December 31, 2021

Study information

Verified date November 2020
Source Umeå University
Contact Johan Nyman, M.D.
Phone (+46)90 786 46 87
Email johan.nyman@umu.se
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The intention is to examine the role of ultrasonographic examination inside intestinal stomas in diagnosing parastomal hernia. Patients with a stoma since at least one year back who are being scheduled for abdominal surgery will be examined for eligibility according to the selection criteria. Included patients will undergo routine clinical examination, endostomal ultrasonography and computerized tomography scan of the abdomen. Findings will be correlated to findings during surgery (gold standard). Values for sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratio will be calculated.


Description:

Parastomal hernia (PSH) is one of the most common stoma complications, with an incidence of 30-50 % within just a couple of years of stoma creation. Surgical parastomal hernia repair is a morbid and complicated procedure, with a 30-day reoperation rate of 13 % and 30-day mortality rate of 6 % in population-based surveys. There is no established gold standard diagnostic modality. Routinely, patients are examined clinically in various positions with and without increased intra-abdominal pressure. It has been shown in previous studies that clinical examination has a very low inter-observer reliability. Computerized tomography is often performed in addition to clinical examination, but is not ideal in diagnosing PSH either, not only beacause of insufficient test characteristics but also since the examinations should ideally be performed with specific protocols, prone position and be reviewed by a dedicated radiologist. The risk of incorrectly diagnosing a PSH (false positive) is that patients might subsequently be exposed to complex and dangerous surgical interventions without any health benefit, while incorrectly ruling out a PSH (false negative) can cause the patient to have to live with potentially treatable symptoms, life-threatening bowel incarceration being the most severe potential complication. Thus, improved diagnostic accuracy is required. A method that has been developed within our research group is endostomal tree-dimensional ultrasonography, which has preliminarily proven to be approximately as sensitive as CT, with a markedly higher specificity. A larger and less selected study needs to be conducted in order to reliably calculate test characteristics, predictive values and likelihood ratio.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date December 31, 2021
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - End colostomy or end ileostomy since = 1 year - Planned for laparotomy or laparoscopy - Age = 18 - Speaks and reads Swedish language - Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: - Known parastomal hernia only indication for laparotomy or laparoscopy

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
Endostomal three-dimensional ultrasonography
Examination with rectal probe enclosed by water-filled balloon. Rectal mode. Dynamic examination in different positions with and without increased intra-abdominal pressure.
Computerized tomography of the abdomen
Supine position, without increased intra-abdominal pressure. Experienced radiologist interprets the examination. If adequate examination has already been performed within the last 10 months, these images will be used and the patient will thus not undergo computerized tomography within the study.
Clinical examination
Patients will be clinically examined with inspection and palpation in supine and erect position with and without increased intra-abdominal pressure.
Evaluation at laparotomy/laparoscopy
During laparotomy or laparoscopy, inspection and/or palpation of the stoma at the abdominal wall orifice is performed.

Locations

Country Name City State
Sweden Sunderby Hospital Luleå Norrbotten County
Sweden Södertälje Hospital Södertälje Stockholm
Sweden University Hospital of Umeå Umeå Västerbotten County

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Umeå University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

References & Publications (4)

Gurmu A, Gunnarsson U, Strigård K. Imaging of parastomal hernia using three-dimensional intrastomal ultrasonography. Br J Surg. 2011 Jul;98(7):1026-9. doi: 10.1002/bjs.7505. Epub 2011 Apr 20. — View Citation

Gurmu A, Matthiessen P, Nilsson S, Påhlman L, Rutegård J, Gunnarsson U. The inter-observer reliability is very low at clinical examination of parastomal hernia. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2011 Jan;26(1):89-95. doi: 10.1007/s00384-010-1050-2. Epub 2010 Sep 7. — View Citation

Näsvall P, Wikner F, Gunnarsson U, Rutegård J, Strigård K. A comparison between intrastomal 3D ultrasonography, CT scanning and findings at surgery in patients with stomal complaints. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2014 Oct;29(10):1263-6. doi: 10.1007/s00384-014-1944-5. Epub 2014 Jul 2. — View Citation

Strigård K, Gurmu A, Näsvall P, Påhlman P, Gunnarsson U. Intrastomal 3D ultrasound; an inter- and intra-observer evaluation. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2013 Jan;28(1):43-7. doi: 10.1007/s00384-012-1526-3. Epub 2012 Jul 7. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Test characteristics Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratio = 1 year since stoma creation
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