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Testing Two Surgical Methods for Closing a Temporary Ileostomy After Rectal Cancer Surgery

Compares stapled or hand-sewn joins and mesh or suture closure in rectal cancer patients.

Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Loop Ileostomy Closure:Stapled or Hand-sewn Anastomoses? Suture or Mesh Closure of the Stoma Site?

Key facts

Where
Gothenburg, Karlstad, Luleå, Lycksele, Norrtälje, Östersund, Skellefteå, Stockholm, Umeå, and Visby, SwedenSee the 11 sites

AI summary: who the study is looking for

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for people with a temporary loop ileostomy after rectal cancer surgery whose ileostomy can be closed. It compares two ways of joining the bowel and two ways of closing the stoma site.

Sex
All sexes can join.
Disease stage
A loop ileostomy made after rectal cancer surgery, where closing it is allowed and possible in normal clinical practice.
Earlier treatment
Must have had rectal cancer surgery with a loop ileostomy.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Cannot understand written or oral information

Read by machine on 12 November 2026.

Where in Sweden

  • Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, Östra sjukhusetGothenburg, SwedenContact: Petra wieveg, MDTaking people
  • Centralsjukhuset KarlstadKarlstad, SwedenContact: Claes ErixonTaking people
  • Sunderby SjukhusLuleå, SwedenContact: Christoffer OdenstenTaking people
  • Lycksele lasarettLycksele, SwedenContact: Pontus Gustafsson, MDTaking people
  • Norrtälje sjukhusNorrtälje, SwedenContact: Rebecka ZachariasTaking people
  • Östersunds sjukhusÖstersund, SwedenContact: Pär NordinTaking people
  • Skellefteå lasarettSkellefteå, SwedenContact: Mats HjortborgTaking people
  • Danderyds sjukhusStockholm, SwedenContact: Ylva Falken, MDTaking people
  • Karolinska UniversitetssjukhusetStockholm, SwedenContact: Ulrik LindforssTaking people
  • Norrlands Universitets SjukhusUmeå, SwedenContact: Ulf Gunnarsson, profTaking people
  • Region GotlandVisby, SwedenContact: Pontus Gustafsson, MDTaking people

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

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Trial details

Who runs it
Karolinska University Hospital
Trial code
NCT02669992
Record updated
26 January 2023
Original description
There are severel problems associated with the closing of a temporary loop-ileostomy after surgery for rectal cancer. The purpose of this study is to answer two questions:Read full original descriptionShow less

Loop Ileostomy Closure.Stapled or Hand-sewn Anastomoses? Suture or Mesh Closure of the Stoma Site in the Abdominal Wall. A Prospective Randomised Multicenter Trial.

There are severel problems associated with the closing of a temporary loop-ileostomy after surgery for rectal cancer. The purpose of this study is to answer two questions:

1. The choice of anastomotic method - does it influence the postoperative course? 2. The use of a prophylactic mesh when closing the stoma site - will there be less hernias?

Inclusion: loop ileostomy after rectal cancer surgery; loop ileostomy closure is permitted and possible according to clinical practice.

Exclusion: patient unable to understand written or oral information.

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02669992