Clinical trial · Interventional
Gastrectomy With or Without Drainage (ADiGe)?
A Randomised Multicentre Controlled Trial of Gastrectomy With or Without Prophylactic Abdominal Drainage. The Abdominal Drain in Gastrectomy Trial (ADiGe Trial)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Prophylactic use of anastomotic drain in upper gastrointestinal surgery has been questioned in the last 15 years but only small studies have been conducted. In 2015 a Cochrane meta analysis on four Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) concluded that there was no convincing evidence to the routine drain placement in gastrectomy. Nevertheless the Authors evidenced the moderate/low methodological quality of the included studies and highlighted how 3 out of four came from Eastern countries. Despite the above mentioned limits, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) society published the guidelines for gastrectomy that strongly recommend, with high evidence level, to avoid routine use of drain in gastric surgery. After 2015 some other retrospective studies have been published, all with inconsistent results. Our objective is to perform a multicentre prospective trial in a large western cohort of patients to establish wether avoid routine use of anastomotic drain does not led to an increasing of postoperative invasive procedure.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastric Cancer | Malignant Gastric Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avoid drain placement | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Drain placement | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- SHAM_COMPARATOR
- label
- Drain
- description
- Participants enrolled in this arm have an abdominal drain positioned at the end of the operation (any type, inserted from right flank with the tip close to the esophago-jejunal or Gastro-jejunal anastomosis and the duodenal stump). Drain will stay in place until postoperative day (POD) 4th (drain output and quality will be registered). If normal drain debt and patient have no abdominal complications that need reoperation and/or percutaneous drain placement until POD 4, a methylene-blue test is be performed (200 ml water + 5 ml blue orally, check drain after 60 minutes: negative test if no blu was seen in the drain). If negative-blue test drain can be removed according to centre preference (no strict POD defined); if positive-blue test complication will be treated according to centre preference. Only in this arm drain related complications are registered. Need for reoperation and/or percutaneous drain placement (primary outcome) are registered.
- interventionNames
- Device: Drain placement
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- No Drain
- description
- Participants enrolled in this arm do not have any abdominal drain placed at the end of the operation. Postoperative management (e.g. resume of oral intake, anastomosis integrity tests) is left to centre preference. Need for reoperation and/or percutaneous drain placement (primary outcome) are registered.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * all consecutive patients that undergo total or subtotal gastrectomy with a curative intent, for histologically proven gastric cancer or esophago-gastric junction cancer Siewert type II or III, in surgical investigator centres from the beginning of the study until reaching the accrual number * esophageal involvement \<= 2 cm * patients undergoing upfront surgery or treated with a neoadjuvant/perioperative chemotherapy * open, hybrid, laparoscopic or robotic approach * all types of anastomosis (circular stapled, linear stapled, hand sewn) Exclusion Criteria: * refuse to sign informed consent * age \<18 * Heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV * severe liver disease (Child \>= 7) * pregnancy * metastatic disease * emergency surgery * palliative surgery * operation different from total or subtotal oncological gastrectomies (e.g. pylorus preserving, proximal gastrectomy) * lymphnodal dissection \<D1 * reconstruction different from Roux-en-Y or Billroth II * multiple organ resections (except for cholecystectomy) * gastric cancer with duodenal involvement * intraoperative Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
References
Publications (8)
- BACKGROUNDWang Z, Chen J, Su K, Dong Z. Abdominal drainage versus no drainage post-gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 May 11;2015(5):CD008788. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008788.pub3. PMID 25961741
- BACKGROUNDMortensen K, Nilsson M, Slim K, Schafer M, Mariette C, Braga M, Carli F, Demartines N, Griffin SM, Lassen K; Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS(R)) Group. Consensus guidelines for enhanced recovery after gastrectomy: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS(R)) Society recommendations. Br J Surg. 2014 Sep;101(10):1209-29. doi: 10.1002/bjs.9582. Epub 2014 Jul 21. PMID 25047143
- BACKGROUNDSchots JPM, Luyer MDP, Nieuwenhuijzen GAP. Abdominal Drainage and Amylase Measurement for Detection of Leakage After Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018 Jul;22(7):1163-1170. doi: 10.1007/s11605-018-3789-7. Epub 2018 May 7. PMID 29736661
- BACKGROUNDDann GC, Squires MH 3rd, Postlewait LM, Kooby DA, Poultsides GA, Weber SM, Bloomston M, Fields RC, Pawlik TM, Votanopoulos KI, Schmidt CR, Ejaz A, Acher AW, Worhunsky DJ, Saunders N, Swords DS, Jin LX, Cho CS, Winslow ER, Russell MC, Staley CA, Maithel SK, Cardona K. Value of Peritoneal Drain Placement After Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A Multi-institutional Analysis from the US Gastric Cancer Collaborative. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Dec;22 Suppl 3:S888-97. doi: 10.1245/s10434-015-4636-7. Epub 2015 May 29. PMID 26023037
- BACKGROUNDHirahara N, Matsubara T, Hayashi H, Takai K, Fujii Y, Tajima Y. Significance of prophylactic intra-abdominal drain placement after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. World J Surg Oncol. 2015 May 12;13:181. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0591-9. PMID 25962503
- BACKGROUNDLee J, Choi YY, An JY, Seo SH, Kim DW, Seo YB, Nakagawa M, Li S, Cheong JH, Hyung WJ, Noh SH. Do All Patients Require Prophylactic Drainage After Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer? The Experience of a High-Volume Center. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Nov;22(12):3929-37. doi: 10.1245/s10434-015-4521-4. Epub 2015 Apr 7.