This is a Phase II, single-center (Cleveland Clinic), two-arm, randomized, parallel-group superiority trial. The two arms will compare IOUS-guided margin selection against standard macroscopic margin selection in patients undergoing ileocolic resection for terminal ileal Crohn's disease. Patients and outcome assessors (pathologists, endoscopists) will be blinded to the intervention arm, while surgeons, by the nature of the intervention, cannot be blinded. Randomization will be computer-generated with concealed allocation using permuted blocks to ensure balanced group sizes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
22
Intra-operative ultrasound (IOUS)-guided proximal resection margin selection during ileocolic resection for terminal ileal Crohn's disease
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
RECRUITINGfeasibility in ultrasound assessment of resection margin
Feasibility, defined as the proportion of cases in which IOUS is successfully performed with a designated proximal margin (Margin B) in the IOUS arm, will be reported as a percentage with 95% confidence intervals. Feasibility will be declared if ≥ 75% of randomized patients in the IOUS arm achieve successful designation of Margin B. Failure will be defined as such: Technical inability to measure bowel wall thickness with ultrasound or to stratify the bowel wall stratification; failure to identify an appropriate margin within 30min; resection exceeding the additional length by 20cm in more than 20% of the cases.
Time frame: Intraoperative / day of surgery
Comparison of histologic inflammation within the IOUS arm at 6 to 12 months
Comparison of histologic inflammation within the IOUS arm (Margin A versus Margin B versus distal margin) will be performed using McNemar's test or Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired data, as appropriate. Between-arm comparison of histologic findings (IOUS arm versus standard arm) will be performed using Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, or Wilcoxon rank-sum test for unpaired comparisons.
Time frame: 6 to 12 months
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