The Effect of Gum Chewing on Postoperative Ileus After Gynecologic Surgery
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Official title
The Effect of Gum Chewing on Postoperative Ileus After Gynecologic Surgery.
Brief summary
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The investigators are randomizing patients to receive chewing gum (Extra Sugar Free, Spearment) every 4 hours during waking hours for 15 minutes versus standard postoperative care. The investigators then have them fill out a survey in house and 1 week after their surgery that record time to first flatus, hunger, toleration of clear liquids and food and some information about pain, satisfaction, and quality of life. The investigators contact them via phone and email a maximum of three times in order to collect this information. 30 days postoperatively the investigators also contact them and perform a chart review for any postoperative complications.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01579175
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1, Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 294 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 31, 2009
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2013
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2013
- Last update posted
- Mar 13, 2013
2010 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Bayview | Baltimore | Maryland | 21224 | — |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 13, 2013 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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