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Could feeding kids sooner after liver surgery speed recovery?

NCT ID NCT07709702

Disease control Sponsor: Muhammad Zubair Shoukat Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jul 16, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study compares two feeding approaches after surgery for biliary atresia or choledochal cyst in children. One group starts oral liquids within 24 hours after surgery, while the other follows conventional care and waits over 48 hours for bowel activity to return. Researchers track complications like wound infection, hospital stay length, and feeding tolerance to see if early feeding is safe and helps children recover faster.

What this could mean

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Active substance
early oral feeding (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocol)
What this could lead to
If early feeding proves safe, it could become the standard approach after these surgeries, helping children recover faster and spend less time in the hospital.
What could go wrong
This is a single-center trial with 100 children, so results may not apply everywhere. Early feeding might increase vomiting or other complications in some patients.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

About 100 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2024

Expected to finish

Aug 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

1 month to 14 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. All children diagnosed with choledochal cyst type I and IV on MRCP or CT scan, undergoing elective Roux-En-Y hepaticojejunostomy 2. All children with provisional diagnosis of biliary atresia undergoing Roux-En-Y portoenterostomy Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with suspected biliary atresia not undergoing portoenterostomy after Per-op cholangiogram either due to ruling out of disease or advanced disease deemed candidates for liver transplant 2. patients with history of Emergency surgery or external drainage of choledochal cyst 3. Hemodynamically unstable patients after surgery 4. Previous history of GI surgery

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

bile duct cyst biliary atresia

As listed by the trial registrant

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Biliary atresia, kasai portoenterostomy status Choledochal cyst resection

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Child Health Sciences, The Children's Hospital, Lahore

    RECRUITING

    Lahore, Punjab Province, 54300, Pakistan

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