U.S., March 7 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06860685) titled 'Trial of Gum Chewing to Enhance the Restoration of Intestinal Motility in Colorectal Cancer Surgery' on Feb. 21.
Brief Summary: Surgery is one of the most frequent treatments of colorectal cancer. However, delayed restoration of intestinal motility is a common phenomenon in patients who undergo colorectal surgery, and may reduce comfort, prevent the early hospital discharge of patients and increase healthcare costs. Gum chewing is a kind of safe and easily accessible sham feeding to stimulate intestinal motility. In addition, prediction models were used to estimate the risk of delayed restoration of intestinal motility after colorec...