Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Arkansas

Code:

NCT02997293

Conditions

ColoRectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Enhanced Recovery protocol

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is an observational study to look at the impact of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery system for colorectal surgery (Group 1) in shortening hospital length of stay, reducing postoperative narcotic consumption, lowering Visual Analog Scale scores, decreasing the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting, and reducing 30-day readmission when compared to patients who had colorectal surgery performed at UAMS prior to the implementation of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery system (Group 2).

This is a retrospective study using de-identified records and therefore will not require subject enrollment and is NOT Human Subjects Research.

Conditions

ColoRectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Study ID

NCT02997293

Start date

Mar 1, 2017

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Jul 1, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 1, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All men and women 18 years and older who underwent major colorectal surgery at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences between January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 and June 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016, and were American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status classification 1-3 at the time of surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification > 3 and age < 18.

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Enhanced Recovery

Those subjects who had major colorectal surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences after Enhanced Recovery After Surgery implementation, between the dates of June 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016

pre-Enhanced Recovery

Those subjects who had major colorectal surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences prior to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery implementation between the dates of January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014

Interventions

Enhanced Recovery protocol

The Enhanced Recovery protocol focuses on many areas or perioperative care, including non-narcotic pain management, optimization of fluid balance throughout the perioperative course, early eating, ambulation, early removal of drains postoperatively, and preoperative patient education.

Primary outcome measure

  • Hospital length of stay [ Time Frame: 30 days from the conclusion of the surgical procedure ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Greg Mehaffey, MD

5016867616grmehaffey@uams.edu

Locations

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Recruiting

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

Contacts

Gregory Mehaffey, MD

501-686-7616grmehaffey@uams.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Arkansas

Last update posted

Aug 5, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Arkansas on 2026-08-05.