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

March 19, 2022 updated by: Fatma Adel El sherif,MD, Assiut University

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program (ERAS) in Colorectal Cancer Surgery

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.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Assuit, Egypt, 171516
        • South Egypt Cancer Instuite

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: thefast track (FTS group)
to determine the feasibility of implementation of the ERAS protocol in our institute and its impact on hospital length of stay and outcome of surgery.
Placebo Comparator: Thecontrolgroup
to determine the feasibility of implementation of the ERAS protocol in our institute and its impact on hospital length of stay and outcome of surgery.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
length of hospital stay in days
Time Frame: 4 days
length of hospital stay in days
4 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 24, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 24, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

April 26, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 22, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2022

Last Verified

April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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