Status:
COMPLETED
Rocking Motion: Physiologic Effect on the Surgical Stress Response
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Conditions:
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
After having abdominal surgery, patients often experience a lack of bowel function that can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal swelling, pain, and/or discomfort. This is known as "post-operative ileus....
Detailed Description
The standard method used to help the return of bowel function after surgery is to have patient get out of bed, sit in a chair for a period of time, and then begin walking the first day after surgery. ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- At least 18 years old
- Speak and read English
- Scheduled to undergo abdominal surgery
- Tolerate sitting in a rocking or nonrocking chair
- Able to ambulate
- Scheduled to receive epidural or intravenous patient controlled analgesia
- Cognitively intact
- Signed a study-specific informed consent prior to study entry
- May include patients undergoing ileostomy or colostomy reversal
Exclusion
- 1\) All others will be excluded.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 20 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
86 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01200316
Start Date
February 1 2012
End Date
November 20 2017
Last Update
November 30 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030