Does Icodextrin Reduce the Risk of Small Bowel Obstruction?

Summary

The study aims at investigating if icodextrin 4% instilled in abdominal cavity during surgery can reduce the risk of surgery and hospitalisation for small bowel obstruction in patients with colorectal cancer. Follow-up data is collected from the Swedish national colorectal cancer registry.Patients are followed for 5 years postoperatively.The study is a randomized Swedish multicenter study and planned to include 1,800 patients. A safety control is planned after 300 included patients.

Timeline

Start

2009-12

Primary completion

2022-12

Completion

2022-12

Publications

• Background van den Tol P, ten Raa S, van Grevenstein H, Marquet R, van Eijck C, Jeekel H. Icodextrin reduces postoperative adhesion formation in rats without affecting peritoneal metastasis. Surgery. 2005 Mar;137(3):348-54. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2004.06.001.
• Background Brown CB, Luciano AA, Martin D, Peers E, Scrimgeour A, diZerega GS; Adept Adhesion Reduction Study Group. Adept (icodextrin 4% solution) reduces adhesions after laparoscopic surgery for adhesiolysis: a double-blind, randomized, controlled study. Fertil Steril. 2007 Nov;88(5):1413-26. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.084. Epub 2007 Mar 26.
• Sakari T, Sjodahl R, Pahlman L, Karlbom U. Role of icodextrin in the prevention of small bowel obstruction. Safety randomized patients control of the first 300 in the ADEPT trial. Colorectal Dis. 2016 Mar;18(3):295-300. doi: 10.1111/codi.13095.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.