NCT03732404

Oral Preoperative Carbohydrate on Early Postoperative Outcome After Cesarean Section

Effects of Oral Preoperative Carbohydrate on Early Postoperative Outcome After Cesarean Section. A Double-Blind Placebo-controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aswan University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Preoperative carbohydrate treatments have been widely adopted as part of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) or fast-track surgery protocols. Although fast-track surgery protocols have been widely investigated and have been shown to be associated with improved postoperative outcomes, some individual constituents of these protocols, including preoperative carbohydrate treatment, have not been subject to such robust analysis.

Detailed description

Carbohydrate (sugar-containing) nutritional supplements have become a routine part of the package of care for people undergoing planned surgical procedures. the investigator wanted to discover whether carbohydrate supplements are a useful part of care packages used by doctors to improve recovery after planned cesarean section.

Conditions

• Cesarean Section Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	preoperative carbohydrate loading	Patients in the treatment group will receive a carbohydrate beverage (total carbohydrates equal to 12.6g/100 mL: 2.1 g monosaccharide, 10.0 g maltodextrin; 240 mOsm/L) in a dose of 800 mL. Patients will be free to drink the beverage from the evening before the operation and up to 2 hours before the induction of anesthesia
DRUG	Placebo	The control group will receive plain water with the same volume and timing of treatment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-01
• Primary completion: 2021-06-30
• Completion: 2021-08-01
• First posted: 2018-11-06
• Last updated: 2021-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt