Anti-inflammatory Effect of Pre-operative Stimulation of the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway

NCT ID: NCT02425774

Last Updated: 2023-02-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-07-31

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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Hypothesis:

Prucalopride can mimic electrical stimulation of the abdominal vagus nerve and has an anti-inflammatory effect.

Aims:

In the present pilot study, the investigators want to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of prucalopride. The following aims are formulated:

1. to show that prucalopride has a similar inflammatory effect as abdominal vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)
2. to evaluate whether prucalopride leads to accelerated post-operative recovery

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Postoperative Ileus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Sham stimulation + Placebo

* no stimulation
* 1 placebo tablet at two different timepoints before surgery

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Sham stimulation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Vagus stimulation + placebo

* Stimulation at the beginning and the end of the surgery
* 1 placebo tablet at two different timepoints before surgery

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Vagus stimulation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Prucalopride + sham stimulation

* 1 prucalopride tablet at two different timepoints before surgery
* no stimulation

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sham stimulation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Prucalopride

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Vagus stimulation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Sham stimulation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Prucalopride

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients undergoing partial or full resection of the pancreas due to a benign or malignant tumor

Exclusion Criteria

* adjuvant radiotherapy
* evident intra-abdominal inflammation (diagnosed by imaging and/or laboratory results, including an abscess or cholecystitis)
* chronic pancreatitis
* pancreatic polypeptide producing endocrine tumor
* American Society of Anesthesiologists physical-health status classification (ASA-PS)\>3
* Poorly regulated diabetes (\>200 mg/dl (=11 mmol/l))
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

KU Leuven

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Guy Boeckxstaens

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Guy Boeckxstaens, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Catholic University Leuven

Locations

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University hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Belgium

Central Contacts

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Nathalie Stakenborg, MSc

Role: CONTACT

+32 16 342883

Kim Van Beek, MSc

Role: CONTACT

+32 16 341326

Facility Contacts

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Nathalie Stakenborg, MSc

Role: primary

+32 16 342883

Koen Bellens, MSc

Role: backup

+32 16 341943

References

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Kalff JC, Buchholz BM, Eskandari MK, Hierholzer C, Schraut WH, Simmons RL, Bauer AJ. Biphasic response to gut manipulation and temporal correlation of cellular infiltrates and muscle dysfunction in rat. Surgery. 1999 Sep;126(3):498-509.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10486602 (View on PubMed)

Kalff JC, Schraut WH, Simmons RL, Bauer AJ. Surgical manipulation of the gut elicits an intestinal muscularis inflammatory response resulting in postsurgical ileus. Ann Surg. 1998 Nov;228(5):652-63. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199811000-00004.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9833803 (View on PubMed)

Stakenborg N, Labeeuw E, Gomez-Pinilla PJ, De Schepper S, Aerts R, Goverse G, Farro G, Appeltans I, Meroni E, Stakenborg M, Viola MF, Gonzalez-Dominguez E, Bosmans G, Alpizar YA, Wolthuis A, D'Hoore A, Van Beek K, Verheijden S, Verhaegen M, Derua R, Waelkens E, Moretti M, Gotti C, Augustijns P, Talavera K, Vanden Berghe P, Matteoli G, Boeckxstaens GE. Preoperative administration of the 5-HT4 receptor agonist prucalopride reduces intestinal inflammation and shortens postoperative ileus via cholinergic enteric neurons. Gut. 2019 Aug;68(8):1406-1416. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317263. Epub 2018 Nov 24.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30472681 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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S56328

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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