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Bowel Preparation Before Rectal Cancer Surgery

NCT00687570 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2015-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Traditionally bowel preparation before surgery of rectal cancer could be troublesome for patients especially for patients with kidney and cardio- vascular diseases, where salt and electrolyte balance can be a problem.

Cleaning the bowel without complications for the patient is one of the aims for this study.

The other aim is to see if patient nutritional status improves with nutritional drinks as a complement to food intake 4-6 weeks before surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Fresubin Energy Drink

Fresubin energy drink 30 kcal/kg\*dag-1, seven days before surgery

DRUG

Laxabon®

Laxabon® 4 litres starting the day before surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ulf Gustafsson, MD, PhD · Karolinska Institut

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-07-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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