Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:48 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:48 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03932461
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients eligible for enrolment are 18+ years of age and are scheduled for acute laparotomy due to suspected peritonitis originating from perforation of the small bowel, colon, or rectum. To be included, purulent, enteric, or fecal contamination in a minimum of 2 out of 4 quadrants must be confirmed.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Diffuse peritonitis originating from a different focus than the small intestine, colon or rectum
* Diffuse peritonitis originating from a perforation on the stomach, duodenum, gallbladder, appendix, necrotizing pancreatitis, salpingitis, or peritoneal dialysis
* Primary peritonitis
* Immunocompromised (ongoing chemotherapy or prednisolone \>20 mg/day)
* Chronic parenchymal liver disease
* Pregnancy
* Patients with end-stage disease
* Laparoscopic surgery (not converted to laparotomy)
* Acute occlusion of superior mesenteric artery
* Peritoneal carcinomatosis
* Abdominal trauma
* Lack of consent from the surgical equipoise
* Local peritonitis confined to 1 quadrant only
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
19 Years
Study:
NCT03932461
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03932461