NCT02765971

The Efficacy of Chewing Gums Versus Laxative in Early Return of Bowel Function After CS

The Efficacy of Chewing Gums Versus Laxatives in Early Return of Bowel Function After Cesarean Section

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 540 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ahmed M Maged, MD · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

540 consented women for being enrolled in this clinical trial and candidates for elective cesarean section will be divided into 3 groups: * Group A, 180 women will receive sugarless gum after their operating room discharge by 3 hours for at least half an hour at two hours interval. * Group B, 180 women will receive laxatives after their operating room discharge by 3 hours. * Group C, 180 women as control group, they will not receive neither gum nor oral fluids. They will be on intravenous fluid. starting oral fluids after hearing intestinal sounds .

Detailed description

540 consented women for being enrolled in this clinical trial and candidates for elective cesarean section will be divided into 3 groups: * Group A, 180 women will receive sugarless gum after their operating room discharge by 3 hours for at least half an hour at two hours interval. * Group B, 180 women will receive laxatives after their operating room discharge by 3 hours. Group C, 180 women as control group, they will not receive neither gum nor oral fluids. They will be on intravenous fluid. starting oral fluids after hearing intestinal sounds .

Conditions

• Intestinal Recovery After Cesarean Section

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	gums	Group A, 180 women will receive sugarless gum after their operating room discharge by 3 hours for at least half an hour at two hours interval.
DRUG	picolax drops	Group B, 180 women will receive laxatives after their operating room discharge by 3 hours.
DRUG	normal saline	Group C received 500 cc of normal saline, Intravenous fluid

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-09-01
• Completion: 2019-10-01
• First posted: 2016-05-09
• Last updated: 2019-09-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt