An interventional study of Biological Mesh for Digestive Surgery and Conventional Stapling in Digestive System Surgical Procedures, Anastomosis, Surgical and Postoperative Hemorrhage, sponsored by Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-06.
Sponsored by Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of the Phase III clinical trial is to evaluate whether using a biological mesh helps improve the efficacy and safety of alimentary tract reconstruction surgery. In digestive surgery, bleeding or leakage at the surgical connection (anastomosis) remains a significant clinical challenge. This study explores whether reinforcing the anastomosis with a biological mesh can effectively reduce these risks and significantly enhance the reliability of the surgical procedure.
The main objectives of this study are:
To evaluate the effectiveness of the biological mesh in reducing bleeding points at the surgical site during the procedure.
To assess the role of the mesh in lowering the risk of postoperative complications, such as anastomotic leaks or stenosis, within 90 days after surgery.
Study Groups:
Experimental Group: Participants who undergo alimentary tract reconstruction with biological mesh reinforcement during surgery.
Control Group: Participants who undergo conventional surgical procedures without the use of mesh.
Participant Flow:
Participants will undergo a health evaluation before surgery to confirm they meet the study criteria. Following the procedure, participants will receive standard postoperative care and return for follow-up clinic visits 30 and 90 days after surgery to monitor their recovery.
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This study's planned enrollment of 144 is above the median of 100 across 102 interventional studies indexed under Postoperative Hemorrhage.
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Participants must meet the following laboratory criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
The anaesthetists’ scale of health before surgery: I is healthy, II has a mild illness that is under control, III a severe one, IV a severe illness that is a constant threat to life. V and VI are used for the critically ill and for organ donors.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ASA physical status
The anaesthetists’ scale of health before surgery: I is healthy, II has a mild illness that is under control, III a severe one, IV a severe illness that is a constant threat to life. V and VI are used for the critically ill and for organ donors.
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Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
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Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
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Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants in this group will undergo alimentary tract reconstruction using a linear stapler with biological mesh reinforcement. During the procedure, researchers will record intraoperative raw data, including the number of bleeding points per unit length within 10 minutes after stapling, among other related clinical indicators. Following the surgery, participants will receive standard postoperative care. A 90-day monitoring period will be conducted to track anastomotic-related complications, specifically focusing on postoperative bleeding, leakage, stenosis, and other related conditions.
Device: Biological Mesh for Digestive Surgery
Participants in this group will undergo conventional alimentary tract reconstruction using a linear stapler alone. Identical intraoperative raw data regarding bleeding points and other related clinical indicators will be recorded for baseline comparison. Following the surgery, participants will receive standard postoperative care. Consistent with the experimental group, a 90-day monitoring period will track anastomotic-related complications, such as postoperative bleeding, leakage, stenosis, and other related conditions.
Procedure: Conventional Stapling
A biological mesh specifically designed for reinforcement during alimentary tract reconstruction. It is used in conjunction with linear stapling devices during the surgical procedure to enhance the integrity of the anastomosis. The mesh provides mechanical support to the staple line, aiming to improve surgical outcomes by reducing intraoperative bleeding and the risk of postoperative complications, including leaks and stenosis, among other related conditions.
Participants will undergo conventional alimentary tract reconstruction using a linear stapler alone, without the use of reinforcing mesh.
Number of bleeding points per unit length
The number of bleeding points on the staple line or anastomosis that require clinical hemostasis or suture reinforcement within 10 minutes after stapler firing, divided by the total length of the line. Observation sites include: gastric resection margins, duodenal closure margins, intestinal closure margins, gastrointestinal anastomosis, esophagogastric anastomosis, esophagojejunal anastomosis, enteroenteric anastomosis, and others.
Time frame: Intraoperatively (within 10 minutes after stapling)
Number of arterial pulsatile bleeding points per unit length
The number of arterial pulsatile bleeding points per unit length on the staple line or anastomosis requiring clinical hemostasis within 10 minutes after firing. Observation sites are consistent with the primary outcome.
Time frame: Intraoperatively (within 10 minutes after stapling)
Time required for hemostatic management
The total duration (in minutes) spent on performing additional hemostasis or reinforcement procedures for bleeding points at the anastomosis or staple line.
Time frame: During the surgical procedure
Total operative time
The total duration of the surgery.
Time frame: From the start of surgery to the end of surgery
Incidence of anastomotic-related complications
The percentage of participants experiencing complications specifically related to the surgical connection, including anastomotic bleeding, anastomotic leakage, and anastomotic stenosis.
Time frame: Up to 90 days post-surgery
Plan to share: No
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