Preoperative Carbohydrate Drink in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery: the Impact on Safety and Enhanced Recovery

NCT06680297 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-05-11

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Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to learn if carbohydrates loading improves overall outcome in adolescent patient undergoing scoliosis curgery

The main questions of the study are as follows:

1. Does carbohydrates loading improves gastrointestinal related problems such as improvement in return of bowel function measured by first passage of flatus, reduce constipation by patient's time to first bowel opening and reduce incidence of post post operative nausea and vommiting
2. Does carbohydrates loading reduces length of hospital stay and patient's overall condition in term of anxiety, thirst and hunger
3. Does carbohydrates loading affects gastric residual volume by measuring residual gastric volume with ultrasound

Conditions

  • Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Carbohydrates loading

Patient who is randomised in the intervention group will receive Nestle drink 2hours before the operation and a night before operation. They will receive 10mls/kg a night before operation and 5mls/kg 2 hour before operation of the carbohydrate drink.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Control group

Patient assigned to this group will receive standard surgical fasting treatment which include 6hrs of fasting and 2 hrs of clear fluid prior operation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaya

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Siti Nadzrah B Yunus, MBBS · Universiti Malaya

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-12
Primary Completion
2025-05-31
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • Malaysia

Study Locations

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