Table 3.

Octreotide Studies

Study	n	Treatment	Patient Characteristics	Effect on Output	Closure Rate	Time to Closure
ECF, enterocutaneous fistula; NA, not applicable; NS, not significant; O, octreotide; Pl, placebo; PO, postoperative; S, somatostatin-14; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.
Nubiola-Calonge et al45	6	Pl, O, O	PO, ECF	p < .01	No effect	NA
	8	O, Pl, O
Scott et al46	8	Pl	PO, ECF	NS	No effect	NA
	1	O
	1
Sancho et al47	1	Pl + TPN	PO, mixed	NS	No effect	No change
	7	O + TPN
	1
	4
Hernandez-Aranda et al48	4	TPN	PO, ECF	NA	No effect	Shorter
	5	O + TPN
	4
	0