Beetroot juice may speed gut recovery after surgery

NCT ID NCT05133024

Recruiting now Disease control Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether drinking beetroot juice for a week before colorectal surgery can help the gut start working again sooner. About 170 adults will be randomly assigned to drink either real beetroot juice or a placebo. Researchers will track when patients can eat solid food and pass gas or stool, and will also study blood and tissue samples to understand how beetroot juice affects inflammation.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

paralytic ileus

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS

Contacts and locations

Locations

AZ Sint-Lucas Ghent
RECRUITING

Ghent, 9000, Belgium
Antwerp University Hospital
RECRUITING

Edegem, 2650, Belgium
Ghent University Hospital
RECRUITING

Ghent, 9000, Belgium
Hospital East-Limburg
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Genk, 3600, Belgium
University Hospital Leuven
RECRUITING

Leuven, 3000, Belgium
VITAZ
RECRUITING

Sint-Niklaas, 9100, Belgium

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