Can eating sooner after colon surgery improve recovery?
NCT ID NCT06805123
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study looks at whether starting to eat within 24 hours after a colon polyp removal procedure (called ESD) is safe and better than waiting longer. About 204 patients will be randomly assigned to either early feeding (water after 2 hours, then liquid diet) or delayed feeding (fasting until the next day). The goal is to see if early eating leads to fewer complications like bleeding, and improves patient satisfaction.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dietary restart timing (early vs. delayed feeding)
- What this could lead to
- If early feeding is safe, patients may be able to eat sooner after colorectal ESD, leading to shorter hospital stays and higher satisfaction.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial (204 participants) and may not detect rare complications. Results may not apply to all patients or settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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204 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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19 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Eligible patients were adults (≥19 years) scheduled to undergo colorectal ESD who met one or more of the following indications: (1) differentiated early colorectal cancer ≤5 cm without ulceration and confined to the mucosa, (2) laterally spreading tumor ≥2 cm, (3) sessile polyp ≥2 cm, (4) adenoma with fibrosis, (5) differentiated early colorectal cancer without lymph node metastasis, or (6) colorectal subepithelial lesion. These indications correspond to the reimbursement criteria for colorectal ESD under the Korean National Health Insurance system. The exclusion criteria were as follows: untreated colorectal cancer, active inflammatory bowel disease, coagulopathy or prothrombin time-international normalized ratio \>1.5 despite medical correction, pregnancy, endoscopically unmanageable perforation or bleeding during the procedure, and refusal to provide informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Inje university busan paik hospital
Busan, 47392, South Korea
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Kosin university gospel hospital
Busan, 49267, South Korea
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Pusan National University Hospital
Busan, 49241, South Korea
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Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
Yangsan, 50612, South Korea
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Ulsan university hospital
Ulsan, 44033, South Korea
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