NCT07488013

The Impact of Early Regular Diet vs Conventional Clear Fluids Regimen on Colorectal Anastomosis

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ayman Alayat · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effect of early regular feeding protocol vs conventional clear fluids regimen as per ERAS protocols in patients undergoing colorectal anastomosis. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Food tolerance and return of normal bowel Habbits. 2. Rate of Anastomotic leakage 3. Length of hospital stay

Conditions

• Colorectal Anastomosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	regular diet	Regular diet will be initiated within the first 12 hours post-operatively
BEHAVIORAL	Clear fluids	Clear fluids will be initiated post-operatively and then gradually updated to regular diet as the patient regains his normal motions

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-01
• Primary completion: 2026-08-31
• Completion: 2026-10-01
• First posted: 2026-03-23
• Last updated: 2026-03-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt