Prospective Controlled Trial On Clear Feeds Versus Low Residue Diet After Surgery In Elective Colorectal Surgery Patients

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Conditions studied: Nausea/Vomiting

In brief

Prospective randomized controlled trial investigating commencement of low residue diet versus clear feeds on postoperative day one following elective colorectal surgery, with regards to patient tolerability, incidence of nausea and/or vomiting, and postoperative length of hospitalization stay.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01890499

Run by

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

People needed

104

Starts

2012-11-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-02-04

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Able to freely give written informed consent to participate in the study and have signed the Informed Consent Form;
• Males or females, >18 years of age inclusive at the time of study screening;
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class I-III;
• Colorectal surgery (open and/or laparoscopic);
• Elective Surgery.

You may not qualify if…

• Mentally incompetent or unable or unwilling to provide informed consent or comply with study procedures.
• Children <18 years of age.
• Pre-operative clinical diagnosis of intestinal obstruction.
• Pre-existing known upper gastrointestinal disorders.
• Pre-existing oropharyngeal disorders such as stomatitis, altered taste sensations.
• Open upper abdominal surgical incisions.
• Colorectal surgery with concomitant resectional surgery of the stomach or proximal jejunum (small bowel).
• Pregnant patients.
• Bedbound or moribund patients.
• Pre-existing history of clinical depression.
• Epidural analgesia.

Where it is running

• Cedars Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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