Improving Outcomes of Older Adults Undergoing Ostomy Surgery

Recruiting now · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Ostomy - Ileostomy or Colostomy

In brief

The goal of this pilot study is to learn if an intervention in patients undergoing ostomy surgery is easy to use. The overall goal of the work is to improve quality of life during recovery in the days after surgery for these patients using the intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07424586

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

16

Starts

2026-02-11

Expected to finish

2026-11-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients Age 65+ years
• clinicians age 18+ years
• Patients undergoing fecal ostomy surgery and their clinicians

You may not qualify if…

• cognitive impairment not allowing completion of consent procedures based on the teach-back method.

Where it is running

• MassGeneral Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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