# Quality of Life After Routine Nasogastric Decompression After Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Patients

> **NCT00738478** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Wakayama Medical University** · enrollment: 180 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Gastric Cancer

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** nasogastric tube
- **DEVICE:** without nasogastric tube

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00738478
- **Lead sponsor:** Wakayama Medical University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-02
- **Primary completion:** 2008-12
- **Final completion:** 2008-12
- **Target enrollment:** 180 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2009-02-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00738478

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00738478, "Quality of Life After Routine Nasogastric Decompression After Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00738478. Licensed CC0.

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