Status:

TERMINATED

KOREAN Enhanced RecOvery Strategy for Colorectal Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Conditions:

Goal-oriented Fluid Therapy

Colorectal Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

45-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a multi-centre study to take place in approximately 3 centers in Seoul, South Korea. The study will be carried out as a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter, clinical trial in pati...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Elective, open colorectal surgery including sigmoid resections, i.e. with an upper rectal anastomosis and with or without planned stoma. If the planned surgery is a combined procedure, the associated procedure should not add more than 1 hour to the surgery time of the primary colorectal surgical procedure alone.
  • Both genders; age ≥ 45 years and ≤ 80 years.
  • ASA Grades I-III
  • Voluntary participation and signing the informed consent form

Exclusion

  • Fluid overload (hyperhydration), especially in cases of pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure, or patients with severe cardiovascular disorders (New York Heart Association, NYHA III-IV)
  • Patients with significant cardiac arrhythmias or depending on pacemaker
  • Patients with impaired liver and/or kidney functions (ALT more than 2 times the normal upper limit and/or Serum Creatinine (SCr) more than 2 times the normal upper limit)
  • Renal failure with oliguria or anuria not related to hypovolemia
  • Patients receiving dialysis treatment
  • Patients with non-resectable malignancies
  • Patients who are non-cooperative or non-communicable
  • Patients with significant preoperative coagulation abnormalities
  • Patients receiving treatment with opioids for significant chronic pain
  • Patients in need of organ transplantation
  • Intracranial hemorrhage
  • Severe hypernatremia (Na+ \> 155 mmol/l) or severe hyperchloremia (Cl- \> 125 mmol/l)
  • Known hypersensitivity to hydroxyethyl starches
  • Participation in a clinical trial of an investigational drug or device within 30 days before study screening visit or is scheduled to receive an investigational product while participating in this study
  • Patients with evidenced bowel obstruction symptoms.
  • Contraindication to epidural anesthesia
  • Known pregnancy and lactation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

101 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01874730

Start Date

July 1 2013

End Date

June 1 2015

Last Update

August 7 2015

Active Locations (3)

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Samsung Medical Center

Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, 135-710

2

Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea

3

Asan Medical Center

Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 138-736