Enhanced recovery in colorectal surgery: a multicentre study from the Spanish Working group

ISRCTN	ISRCTN16397735
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN16397735
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	Spanish Working Group on Multimodal Rehabilitation (Grupo Español de Rehabilitacion Multimodal [GERM]) (Spain)
Funder	Investigator initiated and funded (Spain)

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Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr Jose Ramirez
Scientific

Servicio de Cirugia
Hospital Clinico Universitario
San Juan Bosco 15
Zaragoza
50009
Spain

Primary study design	Observational
Study design	Observational non-randomised study
Secondary study design	Non randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	A multicentre prospective interventional study from the Spanish Working group into enhanced recovery in colorectal surgery
Study objectives	The implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in major colorectal surgery reduces postoperative complications and hospital stays.
Ethics approval(s)	No specific ethical requirements for this study; informed by Hospital Ethical Board that ethics approval was not required as this is an observational non-randomised study based on the best available evidence.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Colorectal disease
Intervention	Colorectal surgery
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Morbi-mortality, measured from operation to two months after surgery
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Hospital stay, measured from operation up to release from hospital
Completion date	31/08/2010

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	300
Key inclusion criteria	1. Aged 18 years or over, either sex 2. Programmed for surgery for colorectal cancer without the need for a stoma or any further surgical procedure
Key exclusion criteria	1. Need for emergency surgery 2. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) class IV 3. Need for a colostomy or ileostomy 4. Inability to provide informed consent 5. Diabetes 6. Slow evacuation previously documented by a digestive medicine unit
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2008
Date of final enrolment	31/08/2010

Servicio de Cirugia

Zaragoza
50009
Spain

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes