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Effect of Chewing Gum on Gastrointestinal Function Recovery After Surgery of Gynecological Cancer Patients

NCT03669107 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2020-01-14

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Summary

A total patients undergoing abdominal complete surgical staging for various gynecological cancers were randomized into a gum-chewing group or a control group. The patients chewed sugarless gum three times from the first postoperative morning until the first passage of flatus. Each chewing session lasted 30 min. Total abdominal hysterectomy with systematic pelvic and para-aortic lymphad- enectomy was performed on all patients as part of complete staging surgery. Groups were compared in terms of time to first bowel movement time, first flatus and feces pass time, Total length of hospital stay.

Conditions

  • Gum Chewing

Interventions

DRUG

Gum

no gum

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Department of Medical Services Ministry of Public Health of Thailand

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-06
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2020-01-13

Countries

  • Thailand

Study Locations

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