Recruiting

Nutritional Recommendations

Sponsor:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Code:

NCT07540845

Conditions

Colorectal

Diet Habits

Surgery

Post-operative Care

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Regular Diet Post-Operatively

Historical Cohort: Low-Fiber Diet

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this pilot study is to assess the safety and feasibility of regular diet after surgical removal of the colon. The study will enroll patients preoperatively, prior to colon surgery, and will follow participants for up to 30 days. The study hypothesizes that simplifying nutritional recommendations is safe and may improve quality of life.

Conditions

Colorectal

Diet Habits

Surgery

Post-operative Care

Study ID

NCT07540845

Start date

May 13, 2026

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Jan 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female ≥ 18 years of age
  • Scheduled to undergo colorectal resection

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with bowel obstructions
  • Patients below the age of 18

Study Design

Enrollment

10 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Regular Diet

other: Historical Control

This comparator arm consists of information about the safety of patients treated in the past,

Interventions

Regular Diet Post-Operatively

Participants will be advised to assume their regular diet post-operatively.

Historical Cohort: Low-Fiber Diet

Patients who were educated on and prescribed a low-fiber diet postoperatively.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of 30-day readmissions [ Time Frame: 30 Days post-operative ]
  • Surgery related morbidity [ Time Frame: 30 Days Post-Operatively ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

KM Clinical Research Specialist

646-962-2789kmm4010@med.cornell.edu

Yasmeen Research Fellow

646-962-2789yub9013@med.cornell.edu

Locations

Weill Cornell Medicine-Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10021

Contacts

KM Muktasid

6469622270kmm4010@med.cornell.edu

Yasmeen Chahal, MD

6469622270

Principal Investigator:

Mehraneh Jafari, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Last update posted

May 22, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Keywords

  • diet after surgery
  • nutrition counseling

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Weill Medical College of Cornell University on 2026-05-22.