ENhanced Recovery in CHildren Undergoing Surgery

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis

In brief

The institution of perioperative Enhanced Recovery Protocols (ERPs) has been found to decrease hospital length of stay, in-hospital costs, and complications among adult surgical populations but data in pediatric populations are lacking. The Assessing Effectiveness and Implementation of a Perioperative Enhanced Recovery Protocol for Children Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery, which has the short title "ENhanced Recovery In CHildren Undergoing Surgery (ENRICH-US)," study is a multicenter, pragmatic, prospective study, using a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial design. The study is designed to test the adoption, effectiveness, and generalizability of a newly developed, 21-element ERP for children undergoing elective gastrointestinal surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04060303

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

597

Starts

2020-07-01

Expected to finish

2024-11-06

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-07

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pediatric patients ages 10-18
• Undergoing elective (non-emergency) gastrointestinal/colorectal surgical procedures

You may not qualify if…

• Children undergoing emergent/urgent gastrointestinal/colorectal surgical procedures
• Patients/families who cannot read and write English or Spanish

Where it is running

• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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