Preoperative Carbohydrate Drink vs Midnight Fasting in Laparoscopic or Robotic Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Prospective Study

Randomized prospective study of preoperative carbohydrate drink until 2 hours versus fasting from midnight before laparoscopic or robotic colorectal cancer surgery

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0011323

Enrollment

Registered

2025-12-15

Start date

2021-12-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-05

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Dietary Supplement : This randomized, prospective single-center trial compared two groups of patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery (n=60). Intervention group (NO-NPO group): Patients consumed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Between April 2021 and February 2023, 60 patients underwent surgery for colorectal cancer in Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center. Patients aged 20 to 80 years who were scheduled for the first surgery of the day were included in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: emergency surgery, bowel obstruction or stenosis, surgery for recurrent colorectal cancer, and bowel resection combined with resection of other organs.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patient satisfaction with the preoperative fasting or carbohydrate-drink regimen (Visual Analogue Scale, VAS 1–10)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Operative technical difficulty (VAS 1–10;Operation time, intraoperative blood loss, conversion to open laparotomy;Time to first flatus, first sips of water, first liquid diet, and first soft diet;Length of Stay;Morbidity within 30 days after surgery and Clavien–Dindo classification, Mortality within 30 days after surgery;Laboratory / inflammatory / nutritional parameters: Hemoglobin, white blood cell (WBC) count, serum albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), serum glucose;Pathologic outcomes: T stage, N stage, tumor differentiation, number of retrieved lymph nodes, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion	—

Measure

Time frame

Operative technical difficulty (VAS 1–10;Operation time, intraoperative blood loss, conversion to open laparotomy;Time to first flatus, first sips of water, first liquid diet, and first soft diet;Length of Stay;Morbidity within 30 days after surgery and Clavien–Dindo classification, Mortality within 30 days after surgery;Laboratory / inflammatory / nutritional parameters: Hemoglobin, white blood cell (WBC) count, serum albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), serum glucose;Pathologic outcomes: T stage, N stage, tumor differentiation, number of retrieved lymph nodes, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion

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Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactWoon Kyung Jeong

Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital

shinycloud@hanmail.net+82-53-253-8440

Outcome results