NCT01659619

Effect of Erythromycin Before Endoscopy of Patients With Subtotal Gastrectomy (STG), High Risk of Gastric Stasis

Effect of Erythromycin Before Endoscopy of Patients With Subtotal Gastrectomy (STG), High Risk of Gastric Stasis : Randomized and Prospective Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 114 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Catholic University of Korea · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Erythromycin has a prokinetic effect through Motilin receptor. It evokes migrating motor complex with longer and stronger contraction. In patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, It has been shown that erythromycin could clear the stomach of blood, so visual examination could be improved. Frequent food stasis is encounted when we examine patients with subtotal gastrectomy. It is postulated that erythromycin reduce food stasis and help to improve endoscopy in these cases.

Conditions

• Subtotal Gastrectomy
• Stomach Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Erythromycin	125mg in normal saline single use infusion for 5 min.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-10-01
• Completion: 2012-10-01
• First posted: 2012-08-08
• Last updated: 2013-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea