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Does Adding Milk to Tea Delay Gastric Emptying?

NCT01809938 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2013-12-18

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Summary

Most pre-operative fasting regimes dictate that if there is any milk added to tea or coffee, the preoperative fasting time should be extended from 2 to 6 hours. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate whether there is really a delay in gastric emptying time associated with the inclusion of milk in a cup of tea.

Conditions

  • Gastric Emptying

Interventions

OTHER

Black tea

300ml of tea without milk

OTHER

Tea with milk

250ml of black tea with 50ml of full fat milk

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Geraldine O'Sullivan · St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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