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NCT Number: NCT00935779

Ultra Structure Of Peritoneum At Electronic Microscopy In Control Subjects And Patients With Gastric Cancer

Peritoneal metastases appear in a great proportion of patients affected by gastric carcinoma. Involved mechanisms are poorly understood though experimentally it has been demonstrated that neoplastic cells exfoliated from primary tumor can only implant and proliferate in areas of damaged peritoneum. Objectives: to study ultra-structure of peritoneal surface by electronic microscopy in control subjects and in patients with early or locally advanced gastric cancer looking for spontaneous changes in peritoneal surface not related with surgical injury.

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Key information

Conditions

Stomach Neoplasm Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Stomach Diseases Stomach Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital, University of Chile

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

About this study

18 out of 32 cases were eligible for analysis. Four patients operated on for benign diseases served as control and 14 patients with operable local gastric adenocarcinoma (4 mucosa/submucosa/muscular y 10 serosa lesions) were studied. At the beginning of surgery, a 2 x 2 cm. sample from macroscopically normal visceral peritoneum at mesenterium root was carefully obtained, washed with saline and fixed in glutaraldehyde solution. Besides a sample of peritoneal washing fluid was studied to exclude patients with free cancer cells. Peritoneal tissue was fixed during 24 hours and then all samples were evaluated by electronic microscope.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients with operable local gastric adenocarcinoma

Exclusion criteria

  • previous abdominal surgery
  • previous open or blunt abdominal trauma
  • history of inflammatory bowel disease or Typhoid Fever, Gallstone disease, chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or any other abdominal condition that could alter peritoneal integrity.
  • All other gastric malignancies such as lymphomas, GIST, carcinoids

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Chile

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2002
Primary completion
2004
Study completion
2004
First posted
Jul 9, 2009
Registry last updated
Jul 9, 2009

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