Fast Track Laparoscopic Surgery: A Better Option for Treating Colorectal Cancer Than Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery (FTS)

Quan Wang

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: fast-track surgery; Other: conventional postoperative surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01969591

2013-171

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the outcomes of fast track laparoscopic surgery and conventional laparoscopic surgery.

Full description

Method: This study is a blinded randomized trial. 70 patients with colorectal cancer will undergo laparoscopic colorectal resection, and will be divided into two groups. Protocols for fast-track group includes skipping preoperative mechanical bowel preparation, early restoration of diet and early postoperative ambulation. Outcome measures, length of hospital stay, postoperative surgical stress response (C reactive protein) and postoperative complications will be compared between the two groups.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≤75 years
• Good nutrition
• no systemic infection
• Elective laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Age >75 years
• Malnutrition or an organ system infection
• Associated with obstruction, bleeding, emergency surgery or surgical intervention
• Tumor with extensive metastasis
• Before operation patient was fasting, underwent gastrointestinal decompression and received nutritional support
• Previous history of abdominal surgery
• Patient had previously undergone gastrostomy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

fast-track surgery

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with colorectal cancer will undergo laparoscopic colorectal resection, and will be divided into two groups. Protocols for fast-track group includes skipping preoperative mechanical bowel preparation, early restoration of diet and early postoperative ambulation.

Treatment:

Procedure: fast-track surgery

convontional postoperative care

Other group

Description:

Patients with colorectal cancer will undergo laparoscopic colorectal resection, and will be divided into two groups. Protocols for fast-track group includes skipping preoperative mechanical bowel preparation, early restoration of diet and early postoperative ambulation.

Treatment:

Other: conventional postoperative surgery