# Diverting Loop Ileostomy: With or Without Rod

> **NCT00959738** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern** · enrollment: 121 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Ileostomy
- Rectal Neoplasms

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Diverting loop ileostomy with rod
- **PROCEDURE:** diverting loop ileostomy without rod

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00959738
- **Lead sponsor:** Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2008-08
- **Primary completion:** 2014-07
- **Final completion:** 2014-11
- **Target enrollment:** 121 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Difference found in interim analysis, not ethical to continue
- **Last updated:** 2014-11-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00959738

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00959738, "Diverting Loop Ileostomy: With or Without Rod". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00959738. Licensed CC0.

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