NCT03765827

Vitamin E on Staple Line and Anastomoses of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Effect of the Application of Vitamin E Ointment, Over Staple Lines and Anastomosis in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, on Postoperative Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital General Universitario Elche · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients will be randomized into 2 groups: * Vit E group: Vitamin E ointment will be applied over staple lines and anastomoses * Control group: Vitamin E will not be applied Postoperative pain will be assessed 24 hours after surgery.

Detailed description

Patients will be randomized into 2 groups: * Vit E group: Vitamin E acetate ointment will be applied over staple lines and anastomoses in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. * Control group: Vitamin E will not be applied Postoperative pain will be assessed 24 hours after surgery, by means of visuala analogic scale (ranging from 0 to 100mm).

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Vitamine E Acetate	Vitamin E acetate ointment will be applied over the staple lines and anastomoses in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
DRUG	No application of vitamin E acetate	Vitamin E acetate ointment will not be applied in this group

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-05
• Primary completion: 2019-04-30
• Completion: 2019-04-30
• First posted: 2018-12-05
• Last updated: 2020-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain