Early Feeding vs 5-day Fasting After Distal Elective Bowel Anastomoses in Children. A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT ID: NCT01028807

Last Updated: 2009-12-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-06-30

Study Completion Date

2004-11-30

Brief Summary

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Purpose:

To determine the safety and efficacy of early enteral feeding after distal (ileum-colon) elective bowel anastomoses in children.

Methods:

Controlled randomized trial including all pediatric patients with distal elective bowel anastomosis, excluding non-elective and high risk patients. VARIABLES:

Demographic characteristics, operative time, anastomosis placement,

Follow up: Tolerability variables: beginning peristalsis, beginning bowel movement, time to full diet intake, post-operative stay. Safety variables: mild and persistent vomiting, persistent abdominal distention, wound infection or dehiscence as well as anastomotic leak or dehiscence, reoperation and death. At the end of surgery were randomized to:

1. Experimental group(EG): Early feeding group, after a 24 hours fasting period, with good abdominal conditions (once the post operative ileus had solved), oral fluids and diet was started.
2. Control group (CG): obligatory 5-day fasting. Once the regular diet was tolerated, the patients were discharged. Statistics: Descriptive statistics for global description. Student's t test for quantitative variables and Chi square test for qualitative variables, a p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Early Feeding Bowel Anastomosis

Keywords

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Early feeding Bowel anastomosis Children

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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1. Experimental group: Early feeding:

After 24 hours fasting period, with good abdominal conditions (once flatus passage of bowel movements without abdominal distention, vomiting, nausea or ileus) the oral fluids during 24 hours and then advanced to a regular diet as tolerated.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Early feeding

Intervention Type OTHER

after 24 hours fasting period, with good abdominal conditions (once flatus passage of bowel movements without abdominal distention, vomiting, nausea or ileus) the oral fluids during 24 hours and then advanced to a regular diet as tolerated.

Control group : Obligatory 5 day fasting

Obligatory 5-day fasting because it was the therapeutic gold standard at our hospital and our country. Both groups without NGT and antiemetic drug. 5-day antibiotic regimen, ranitidine and appropriate analgesics were used. Once the regular diet was tolerated, the patients were discharged and followed up at clinic 30 days afterwards.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

5 day fasting

Intervention Type OTHER

Obligatory 5-day fasting because it was the therapeutic gold standard at our hospital and our country. Both groups without NGT and antiemetic drug. 5-day antibiotic regimen, ranitidine and appropriate analgesics were used. Once the regular diet was tolerated, the patients were discharged and followed up at clinic 30 days afterwards.

Interventions

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Early feeding

after 24 hours fasting period, with good abdominal conditions (once flatus passage of bowel movements without abdominal distention, vomiting, nausea or ileus) the oral fluids during 24 hours and then advanced to a regular diet as tolerated.

Intervention Type OTHER

5 day fasting

Obligatory 5-day fasting because it was the therapeutic gold standard at our hospital and our country. Both groups without NGT and antiemetic drug. 5-day antibiotic regimen, ranitidine and appropriate analgesics were used. Once the regular diet was tolerated, the patients were discharged and followed up at clinic 30 days afterwards.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients between the ages of 1 month to 18 years old that required elective laparotomy with a distal elective bowel anastomosis (ileum and colon).

Exclusion Criteria

* Proximal and non elective anastomosis
* High risk groups:
* Newborns
* Upper gastrointestinal tract anastomosis (esophagus, gastric, duodenal or jejunal)
* Bilious-digestive or rectal anastomosis
* Immunosuppressed patients
* Gastrostomy or any pre anastomotic derivation
* Multiple anastomoses
* Chronic intestinal obstruction
* Patients who did not complete the minimum POP follow up of one month.
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Month

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MEXICO

Principal Investigators

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ROBERTO DAVILA-PEREZ, SURGEON

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MEXICO

EDUARDO BRACHO-BLANCHET, SURGEON

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MEXICO

JOSE MANUEL TOVILLA-MERCADO, SURGEON

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MEXICO

PABLO LEZAMA-DEL-VALLE, SURGEON

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MEXICO

GUSTAVO VARELA-FASCINETTO, SURGEON

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MEXICO

JAIME NIETO-ZERMEÑO, SURGEON

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MEXICO

Locations

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Hospital Infantil de Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Site Status

Countries

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Mexico

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Other Identifiers

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robdape2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id