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What Laxative Should be Used After Hip Fracture Surgery?
Led by Odense University Hospital · Updated on 2025-07-31
375
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
120 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
O
Odense University Hospital
Lead Sponsor
I
Independent Research Fund Denmark
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To conduct a randomized clinical trial to determine how best to prevent constipation after hip fracture surgery using laxatives.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
What Laxative Should be Used After Hip Fracture Surgery?
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients who are undergoing acute hip fracture surgery at one of two orthopedic departments in the Southern Region of Denmark
- Age 65 years or older
- Able to speak and understand Danish
You will not qualify if you...
- Known chronic constipation based on Wexner constipation score
- Use of laxatives at hospital admission
- Participation in other similar clinical studies
- Terminal illness
- Being restrained
- Being in isolation
- Severe heart disease classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV
- Severe chronic inflammatory bowel disease
- Acute abdominal surgical conditions such as ileus, obstruction, or perforation
- Difficulty swallowing tablets or oral liquids (dysphagia)
- Toxic megacolon
- Gastric emptying disorder
- Severe electrolyte imbalances (potassium < 2.5 mmol/l or sodium < 125 mmol/l)
- Allergies to any study medication ingredients
- Pregnancy (pregnant women are excluded, but pregnancy tests are not done since women are expected to be postmenopausal)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Hospital Lillebælt, Kolding Hospital
Kolding, Denmark
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2
Odense University Hospital, Svendborg Hospital
Svendborg, Denmark
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Research Team
A
Anton Pottegård
CONTACT
C
Carina Lundby
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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