Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program (ERAS) in Colorectal Cancer Surgery, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer of Colon

Treatments: Procedure: enhanced recovery after surgery program in colorectal cancer surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03928678

458

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of our study is to determine the effect of implementation of the ERAS (enhanced recovery after surgery) protocol in our institute and its impact on hospital length of stay and outcome of surgery.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≤ 60 years,
• Good nutrition,
• No systemic infection and
• Elective laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

thefast track (FTS group)

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: enhanced recovery after surgery program in colorectal cancer surgery

Thecontrolgroup

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: enhanced recovery after surgery program in colorectal cancer surgery