What Laxative Should be Used After Hip Fracture Surgery? (NCT06455813) | Clinical Trial Compass
RecruitingPhase 4
What Laxative Should be Used After Hip Fracture Surgery?
Denmark375 participantsStarted 2024-10-07
Plain-language summary
To conduct a randomized clinical trial to determine how best to prevent constipation after hip fracture surgery using laxatives.
Who can participate
Age range65 Years – 110 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Acute hip fracture surgery patients from one of two orthopedic departments from hospitals in the Southern Region of Denmark.
* Age≥ 65 years
* The patients should be able to speak and understand Danish.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients:
* with known chronic constipation (defined from Wexner constipation score)
* with known use of laxatives at admission
* who participate in other similar clinical studies
* who is terminally ill
* who is restraint
* who is in isolation
* with severe heart disease defined as New York Heart Association (NYHA) III og IV
* with severe chronically inflammatory bowel disease
* with acute abdominal surgical conditions, eg. ileus, obstruction or perforation
* with dysphagia where the patient can not swallow tablets/oral liquids
* with toxic megacolon
* with gastric emptying disorder
* with severe electrolyte disorder (P-kalium: \< 2.5 mmol/l og P-natrium: \<125 mmol/l)
* Allergies to the ingredients
* Pregnant women can not be included but the women are expected to be postmenopausal why pregnancy test are not performed
What they're measuring
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The proportion of patients who will need rescue medication (Bisacodyl)