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Pre-operative Carbohydrate Loading Patients With Diabetes Undergoing Elective Colorectal Surgery

NCT04495114 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2020-07-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Goal to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a large study that would assess the safety of carbohydrate drinks (i.e. juice) prior to elective colorectal surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Traditionally, prior to surgeries involving general anesthetic, patients have been told not to eat or drink anything after midnight due to the risk of aspiration. More recent research have shown that it is safe to have clear fluids up to 2 hours before an operation and this is reflected in the current anesthesia clinical guidelines.

It is currently not known if it is safe for patients with type 2 diabetes to have a sugar drink before their surgery since they have trouble processing sugars and a subset of patients with diabetes are at increased risk to aspiration due to delayed gastric emptying.

Conditions

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

OTHER

40g carbohydrate load (Apple juice)

A 40g carbohydrate drink will be administered to subjects with non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes 3 hours prior to their operation. This is standard practice in subjects without diabetes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Haili Wang, MD · Alberta Health services

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-31
Primary Completion
2020-03-31
Completion
2020-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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