Antibiotic cloth before surgery to prevent esophagus infection
Part of Cancer, Digestive system clinical trials.
This Phase 3 trial tests whether using an antibiotic decolonization treatment around the time of esophagus surgery can reduce serious infections afterward. It may help you lower the risk of postoperative infectious complications after curative esophagectomy or esophagus reconstruction.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older and can sign informed consent in writing
- You have esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma or squamous cell cancer) in the mid/distal esophagus or near the stomach-esophagus junction, and you’re scheduled for curative esophagus surgery
- Your surgery plan is a transthoracic esophagectomy or reconstruction using stomach or small-bowel tissue (not colon)
- You are not currently planning an emergency “rescue” surgery
- You can understand the study and follow study instructions, including swallowing the study product if required
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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