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>The Purpose of This Study Was to Determine Whether Consuming a 100-mL Cup of Coffee is Effective in Preventing or Reducing Postoperative Ileus After Laparotomy of Benign Gynecological Patients

The Effects of Coffee Ingestion on Recovery of Bowel Function in Patients Undergoing Benign Gynecologic Operation : A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03660267
Enrollment
90
Registered
2018-09-06
Start date
2018-09-03
Completion date
2019-09-30
Last updated
2019-10-30

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Conditions

Effects of Coffee Ingestion on Recovery of Bowel Function

Keywords

Benign Gynecologic Operation, Coffee Ingestion, Recovery of Bowel Function

Brief summary

Comparison of the effectiveness coffee (with or without caffeine) ingestion and water for reducing the duration of Postoperative ileus after Laparotomy of Benign Gynecological Patients

Detailed description

laparotomy benign gynecological surgery is the most common gynecologic operation worldwide because is major operation for surgery and can affect to bowel movement after operation and turn to postoperative ileus , clinically severe postoperative ileus affects up to 14% of patients after laparotomy for gynecologic surgery that leaded to more complication, slowly recovery , prolong length of hospitalized stay and consequently increase unnecessary cost of treatment. Preclinical studies has considered to use preventative therapeutic options for prevent ileus including coffee The investigators used the coffee reduces postoperative ileus However, no good quality of evidence base supports the effectiveness coffee (with or without caffeine) ingestion and water for reducing the duration of Postoperative ileus after Laparotomy of Benign Gynecological Patients

Interventions

OTHERcaffeine coffee

drank 3 cups of caffeinated coffee daily (100 mL at 05:00 AM, 10:00 PM, and 15:00 PM), beginning on the morning after surgery Patients were free to drink any amount of water but no more coffee, black tea, or other form of caffeine, such as soda. Coffee was prepared with a conventional coffee machine

OTHERdecaffiene coffee

drank 3 cups of decaffeinated coffee daily (100 mL at 05:00 AM, 10:00 PM, and 15:00 PM), beginning on the morning after surgery Patients were free to drink any amount of water but no more coffee, black tea, or other form of caffeine, such as soda. Coffee was prepared with a conventional coffee machine

drank 3 cups of still water daily (100 mL at 05:00 AM, 10:00 PM, and 15:00 PM), beginning on the morning after surgery Patients were free to drink any amount of water but no more coffee, black tea, or other form of caffeine, such as soda. Coffee was prepared with a conventional coffee machine

Sponsors

Department of Medical Services Ministry of Public Health of Thailand
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients were asked to participate if they were scheduled to undergo laparotomy for a benign gynecologic condition * Ever drink coffee before * can speak or communication Thai language

Exclusion criteria

1 hypersensitivity or allergy to caffeine/ coffee 2.ever intraabdominal sugery before 3. had an active intra-abdominal malignancy, bowel perforation, pre-existing bowel disease, or a history of abdominal or pelvic irradiation. 4.pregnancy woman 5.thyroid disease 6 Inflammatory bowel disease 7.liver disease 8.cardiac arrhythmia 9.history of difficult to defecation ( feces only 2 times per week) 10.after operation need to stay in ICU more than 24 hr 11.need to put Ng tube after operation

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
time to flatusึ7 daymeasure time to first flatus after finished operation

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
time to toleration of a solid diet7 dayThe time to tolerance of a solid diet was measured from the end of surgery (defined as when the patients woke up from anesthesia) until the patient tolerated the intake of solid food (any food that required chewing) without vomiting or experiencing significant nausea within 4 hours after the meal and without reversion to enteral fluids only
time to defecation7 daymeasure time to first defecation after finished operation

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026