Fast Track in Open Colonic Surgery - A Multicentric Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Terminated

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00556790

Enrollment

150

Registered

2007-11-12

Start date

2004-11-30

Completion date

2007-01-31

Last updated

2007-11-12

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Conditions

Elective Colectomie, Median Laparotomie

Brief summary

To investigate the real value of a fast track protocol compared to a standard care protocol regarding postoperative complications and hospital stay in a multicentric setting in an intention to treat fashion.

Detailed description

Our fast track protocol contains the four major components perioperative fluid restriction, epidural analgesia, early oral feeding and enforced mobilisation

Interventions

PROCEDUREStandard Care

standard fluid regime, delayed feeding

PROCEDUREFast Track care

restrictive fluid regime, early oral feeding, enforced mobilisation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* all patients admitted for open colonic surgery

Exclusion criteria

* no primary anastomosis and/or stoma rectum resection emergency situation patients not speaking german immobile patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
complications until 30 days after surgery according to the zurich classification	30 days postoperative

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
hospital stay, adherence to Fast track protocol	30 days

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 30, 2026