Bowel preparation or not in elective colon surgery

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN28535118

Enrollment

1500

Registered

2005-11-17

Start date

1999-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Elective colon surgery Surgery Colon surgery

Interventions

The study compares colon surgery with preoperatively given bowel preparation (standard today) with no given bowel preparation preoperatively.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient aged 18 - 85 years 2. Elective resection for cancer, adenoma or diverticular disease 3. Survival over 6 months foreseen 4. Written consent after written and spoken information

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Bowel preparation given preoperatively from other reasons than surgery.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Mortality within 30 days postop 2. Local infectious complications 3. Cardiovascular complications	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Postop bleeding 2. Reoperation 3. General infectious complications 4. Length of postop hospital stay 5. Rehospitalisation within 30 days postop	—

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 7, 2026