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Early vs Conventional Enteral Nutrition After Uncomplicated Paediatric Open Appendectomy

NCT07016919 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2025-06-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This clinical trial is conducted to see if after surgery of appendix(open appendectomy) in children giving oral nutrition within 6hours of surgery instead of older method of starting oral nutrition after 24hours of surgery improves the outcome or not which is the length of hospital stay(from the day of surgery until discharge) and to look for complications associated with oral nutrition (nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea) as well as return of bowel activity after surgery that is passage of flatus(gas) and stool.Participants after taking informed consent are enrolled in two groups,group A in which oral nutrition is started in 6hours and group B in which oral nutrition is started after 24hours of surgery and then see for the outcome during hospital stay until 1week after discharge on follow up.

Conditions

  • Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Children

Interventions

OTHER

early enteral nutrition

Oral nutrition started within 6hours after paediatric open appendectomy

OTHER

Conventional enteral nutrition

Oral nutrition started within 24hours after paediatric open appendectomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr Muhammad Ali sheikh · Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-20
Primary Completion
2025-09-30
Completion
2025-10-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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