Study on the Effect of Surgical Intestinal Manipulation

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven20 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to study the impact of brain death and surgical small bowel manipulation on the release of different types of monocytes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Intestinal Manipulation

Interventions

blood samplingOTHER

cases - blood sampling controles - blood sampling

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients who are brain death * patients who undergo an elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair Exclusion Criteria: * \< 18 years of age

Locations (1)

University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

subtypes of monocytes

evaluate different subtypes of monocytes in brain-death donors by collecting portal and peripheral blood after lapaotomy and before dissection

Time frame: 1 day

evaluate effect of intestinal manipulation

evaluate the effect of intestinal manipulation on the different subtypes of monocytes and pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokines

Time frame: 1 day

Central Contacts

Laurens Ceulemans, MD

CONTACT

+32 16 341545 Ceulemans.laurens@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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