Promoting Recovery and Enhancing Outcomes Pre and Post Surgery (PREOPPS): Effects of preoperative oral carbohydrate loading on clinical outcomes.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Bowel surgery; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Surgery - Other surgery

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000868987
• Lead Sponsor: Joan Webster

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-08-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

1) Informed written consent
2) Booked for elective bowel resection at the RBWH

Exclusion Criteria

1) < 18 years age
2) Non-English speaking patients without an interpreter
3) Pregnant
4) Inability to consume clear fluids
5) Gastrointestinal obstruction
6) Liver cirrhosis,
7) Diabetes mellitus
8) Corticosteroid treatment exceeding 5 mg/day.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to readiness for discharge: Time in days (or hours) until the following criteria are met: passing flatus, stool and urine; eating satisfactorily; managing on oral analgesics; afebrile; mobilising independently to shower and toilet; requiring wound dressing changes less that twice daily; without drains requiring inpatient management.[At hospital discharge]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to first flatus (patient self-report)[Up to one week post surgery];Time to first bowel movement (patient self-report)[Up to one week post surgery];Mortality: death from any cause whilst on the trial[Up to one month post surgery];Adverse outcomes (such as re-admission, aspiration, any reaction or side effects caused by the drink).[Up to one month post surgery]