Trial of Low Residue Diet Versus Clear Liquids Following Elective Colorectal Surgery
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Nausea/Vomiting
In brief
Prospective randomized controlled trial investigating commencement of low residue diet versus clear liquids on postoperative zero 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
- NCT03260426
- Run by
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2017-08-16
- Expected to finish
- 2018-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-01-31
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 robotic/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 including hiatus hernia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer disease.
- Pre-existing oropharyngeal disorders such as stomatitis, altered taste sensations.
- 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.
- Surgical procedures completed after 4pm
- Patients taking narcotics prior to elective colorectal surgery
- Exclusion Criteria After randomization:
- Postoperative diagnosis of intra-abdominal sepsis, including anastomotic leaks.
- Postoperative complications requiring early reoperation within the same hospital stay.
Where it is running
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
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