NCT03639012

Outcomes of Carbohydrate Loading Paediatric Patients Preoperatively for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

Observational Outcomes in Paediatric Patients Who Receive Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading for Adenoidectomy and Tonsillectomy, a Randomised Control Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jessica Gray · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Randomised control trial of 150 paediatric patients aged between 3-8years. One group will receive a preoperative carbohydrate oral drink and the other group will receive current standard care (no drink) prior to undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. Outcomes to be reported will be: 1) patient and parent satisfaction; 2) post operative pain score at: recover, 1 hour post op, prior to discharge home and then day 1 postoperatively; 3) PONV rates in recovery, prior to discharge home and again on Day 1 postoperatively; 4) sleep quality night after surgery.

Detailed description

Children undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy will be consented via parents prior to the day of surgery and then randomised to 1 of 2 groups who will either receive the intervention or current standard care. Patients will be recruited from the ENT outpatient clinics in conjunction with the ENT surgeons. Data collection will be undertaken with the aid of experience research assistants.

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain
• Postoperative Nausea
• Satisfaction
• Sleep
• Postoperative Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Carbohydrate drink	Children randomised to this group will receive a preoperative carbohydrate drink 90-120mins prior to surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-01
• Primary completion: 2020-02-01
• Completion: 2020-06-01
• First posted: 2018-08-20
• Last updated: 2018-08-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada