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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for Complicated Appendicitis

NCT06948071 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-04-29

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Summary

The exploratory objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of an enhanced recovery protocol that will allow adult patients to be discharged to home on an oral antibiotic regimen for three days following a laparoscopic appendectomy for complicated appendicitis. Feasibility will be determined by high compliance and adherence of patients to the postoperative instructions, while safety will be assessed by the incidence of postoperative infectious complications and requirement for re-admission.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis Acute
  • Appendicitis Perforated
  • Appendicitis With Perforation
  • Appendicitis Suppurative
  • Appendicitis Gangrenous

Interventions

OTHER

Discharge on oral antibiotics

Patients will be discharged to home on an oral antibiotic regimen for 3 days instead of being admitted for intravenous antibiotics.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Galinos Barmparas, MD · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-21
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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