Outpatient Percutaneous Radiologic Gastrostomy in Patients With Head and Neck Tumors

NCT ID: NCT03252509

Last Updated: 2021-04-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

39 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-03-20

Study Completion Date

2018-11-21

Brief Summary

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This study intends to evaluate the security and success rate of large bore percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy in patients with head and neck tumors, as a outpatient procedure.

Detailed Description

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Percutaneous gastrostomy is a procedure that intends to provide prolonged alimentary access to patients with normal gastrointestinal tract, which are unable to eat or are facing troubles with deglutition.

Nowadays it is considered as the first line procedure to prolonged enteral access on this patients.

The indications to perform a percutaneous gastrostomy in a cancer center are usually related to head and neck, central nervous system and esophagus tumors. In our institution around 80% of the percutaneous gastrostomy are performed in patients with head an neck tumors.

Although percutaneous gastrostomy is considered a safe procedure, there are some complications related, specially in oncologic patients. Those complications are reported in about 40% of the cases.

Percutaneous gastrostomy is usually performed as a inpatient procedure, which leads to hospitalization costs. However, some studies have shown that is safe and viable to perform percutaneous gastrostomy (both endoscopic or radiologic), as a outpatient procedure, in patients with head a neck tumors.

As both techniques (endoscopic and radiologic) present similar results, patients treated in our institution that require a percutaneous gastrostomy are referred to endoscopic and interventional radiology departments.

Some of these patients are selected to undergo an outpatient procedure, based on social and clinical criteria.

The majority of the available data shows that both the endoscopic and the radiologic techniques present similar results in terms of security and rate of precocious and late complications, and that both are superior than the surgical technique, considering they are least invasive and related with lower rates of complication and costs.

In the present, the traction (Gauderer-Ponsky) technique is the most widely used in our institution for the endoscopic procedure.

In the interventional radiology department the percutaneous gastrostomy is performed using the introduction (Russel) technique, in which a guidewire is positioned after the stomach needle puncture, made under ultrasound or fluoroscopic guidance. After that, the tract is progressively dilated to allow the introduction of the gastrostomy balloon catheter, through the abdominal wall, using a peel-away sheath.

This same technique can be performed for the endoscopic gastrostomy, using the same gastrostomy kit, but under endoscopic guidance.

Some authors suggest that the introduction technique, although more challenging, is associated with less stoma infections, because is the only one that is not associated with oral catheterization.

For the patients with head an neck tumors, there is also a reduced risk of metastases implants on the puncture site.

Besides those considerations, the data available is still not consensual.

Conditions

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Gastrostomy Head and Neck Neoplasms Malignant Neoplasm

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Pre a post interventional study, in patients with head and neck neoplasms, eligible for an outpatient procedure.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy.

Outpatient percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy in patients with head and neck tumors before, during or after the oncologic treatment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy: Under conscious sedation and local analgesia, the ultrasound is performed to determine abdominal structures. The stomach is distended using room air through a nasogastric catheter or a 5 French (Fr) catheter. Gastropexy is performed under fluoroscopic guidance. The stomach is accessed using a 18 gauge (G) needle. Guidewire is advanced to the stomach. Progressive tract dilatations until the size of the gastrostomy tube is achieved. The catheter is advanced through the peel-away sheath. The catheter's balloon is inflated with 10ml of distilled water. Iodine contrast is injected to confirm position. After the procedure, the patient is observed for 3 hours. If there are no complications, the patient is discharged.

Interventions

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Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy

Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy: Under conscious sedation and local analgesia, the ultrasound is performed to determine abdominal structures. The stomach is distended using room air through a nasogastric catheter or a 5 French (Fr) catheter. Gastropexy is performed under fluoroscopic guidance. The stomach is accessed using a 18 gauge (G) needle. Guidewire is advanced to the stomach. Progressive tract dilatations until the size of the gastrostomy tube is achieved. The catheter is advanced through the peel-away sheath. The catheter's balloon is inflated with 10ml of distilled water. Iodine contrast is injected to confirm position. After the procedure, the patient is observed for 3 hours. If there are no complications, the patient is discharged.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Surgical risk ASA I-III, Karnofsky Performance Status \>70, acceptance and comprehension of the orientations and after-care, adequate social a familiar support, easy access to the hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

* patients who live more than one hour away from the hospital, coagulopathies, refuse to join the protocol.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Brazil

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Hugo R Gouveia

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Instituto Nacional do Câncer

Locations

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Instituto Nacional do Cancer - HC1

Rio de Janeiro, , Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

References

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Other Identifiers

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INCA RI

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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