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Early Oral Feeding Versus Traditional Delayed Oral Feeding Post-perforated Peptic Ulcer Repair

Early Oral Feeding Versus Traditional Delayed Oral Feeding Post-perforated Peptic Ulcer Repair: A Comparative Study in Egyptian Tertiary Health Care Center

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06042933
Enrollment
100
Registered
2023-09-21
Start date
2023-03-02
Completion date
2024-11-01
Last updated
2025-08-29

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Conditions

Peptic Ulcer Perforation

Brief summary

This study aims to evaluate safety and benefits of early oral feeding compared to traditional delayed oral feeding in patients undergoing perforated peptic ulcer repairs. Study population & Sample size :(

Detailed description

Study Design: This study is a single-center, prospective, parallel arm, randomized controlled trial. Patients will be randomly assigned in 1:1 ratio to receive either delayed oral feeding or early oral feeding. Methods: Patients will be randomly assigned into two groups. Group A patients followed an early oral feeding protocol(12 hours), and Group B received delayed oral feeding (72 hours). Outcome parameter : The outcomes are incidence of postoperative complications including Postoperative repair leakage, Infection-related postoperative complications , Number of days of hospital stay and return of bowel function and Diet intolerance.

Interventions

OTHERPost operative early oral feeding

To start oral feeding 6 hours after perforated peptic ulcer repairs

OTHERTraditional delayed oral Feeding Post-perforated Peptic Ulcer Repairs

To start oral feeding after 48 hours

Sponsors

Cairo University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Intervention model description

Randomized controlled trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

\- All consecutive patients, of age 18 years and above, who were presented to the emergency surgical team and were diagnosed with perforated duodenal ulcer by surgicalteam, were recruited and assessed for eligibility.

Exclusion criteria

* • Preoperative refractory septic shock on admission. * Delayed presentation more than 24 hours. * The presence of neuropsychiatric disease, pregnant and lactating women. * Predisposing factors for impaired wound healing (e.g., currently using immunosuppressive agents, or chronic use of steroids), the presence of HIV. * American society of anesthesiologists grade iii/iv, or had an alternative perioperative diagnosis. * Intraoperatively, after randomization, patients were excluded based on the following criteria: perforated duodenal ulcer ≥20 mm, consistent with malignant ulcers.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
number of days of hospital stayUp to 10 daysnumber of days of hospital stay
days needed for frist Bowel motion7 daysnumber of days before frist bowel motion

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
INCIDENCE OF postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONAV)7 daysnumber of cases with postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONAV)
incidence of Surgical site infection30 daysnumber of cases complicated with surgical site infection
incidence of Post operative repair leak30 daysnumber of Post operative repair leaks
incidence of Ryle reinsertion7 daysnumber of cases complicated Ryle reinsertion
number of Readmission cases30 daysnumber of cases complicated Readmission cases
incidence of Pulmonary complications30 daysnumber of cases complicated Pulmonary complications
severity of operative pain measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)7 daysfrom 1 to 10 1 indicated minimum pain and 10 maximum pain

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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