Early Oral Carbohydrate Solution vs Clear Liquid Diet in Acute Pancreatitis
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Oral Carbohydrate Solution, Clear Liquid diet.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Acute Pancreatitis. Basic parameters: 18 years — 70 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Pakistan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Comparison of Oral Carbohydrate Solution Versus Clear Liquid Diet in Acute Pancreatitis:A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory condition associated with increased metabolic demands and negative nitrogen balance, making early nutritional support a critical component of management. Concentional practice favored prolonged fasting and delayed oral intake; however, recent evidence supports early oral feeding. Oral carbohydrate solutions (OCS) may provide early caloric support with minimal pancreatic stimulation, but data comparing OCS with clear liquid (CL) diets which is current practice remain limited, particularly in South Asian populations.The Convential diet (CD )group started at liquid diet then progressed towards soft and then solid diet experienced recurring pain at a considerably higher rate than the oral high carbohydrate solution (OCS )group providing essential calories,(13.2% vs. 3.8%, p \< 0.001).OCS showed decrease rate of post prandial recurrent abdominal pain. Objective: To compare oral carbohydrate solution versus clear liquid diet as the initial oral feeding strategy in patients with acute pancreatitis, focusing on feeding intolerance and length of hospital stay. Methods: This prospective randomized controlled trial will be conducted at a tertiary-care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. Adult patients (18-70 years) with mild to moderately severe acute pancreatitis will be randomized to receive either an oral carbohydrate solution (10% dextrose in water) or a clear liquid diet as the initial oral feed. The primary outcomes will be feeding intolerance within 24 hours and length of hospital stay. Secondary outcomes include time to successful oral feeding, time to soft diet, changes in pain scores, inflammatory markers (CRP, WBC), glycemic response, need for nutritional escalation, complications, and patient satisfaction. Data will be analyzed using SPSS version 26, with a p-value ≤ 0.05 considered statistically significant. Conclusion: If proven safe and effective, oral carbohydrate solution may serve as a simple, cost-effective and well-tolerated alternative to clear liquid diets for early oral feeding in acute pancreatitis, particularly in resource limited settings.
Interventions
- Dietary supplement Oral Carbohydrate Solution
Participant will be allocated in oral carbohydrate solution group.Participant will receive an oral carbohydrate solution initiated after clinical stabilization.It will be be administrated orally with volume and frequency standardized for all participants and advancement according to study protocol. - Dietary supplement Clear Liquid diet
Participant will receive a standard clear liquid diet initiated after clinical stabilization as per routine institutional practice in measured frequncy and volume and advancement according to study protocol.
Primary outcome measures
- rate of feeding intolerance [Time frame: Upto 24 hours after initiating first oral feed]
- Length of hospital Stay [Time frame: From hospital admission to discharge in days]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age range between 18 years and 70 years
- Diagnosis of mild or moderately severe acute pancreatitis
- Hemodynamically stable
- Able to tolerate oral intake
- Provided written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Severe acute pancreatitis
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Pregnancy
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- Known malabsorption syndrome,
- Patients requiring immediate enteral tube feeding or parenteral nutrition,
- Known allergy or intolerance to carbohydrate solutions,
- Persistent retching or vomiting
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- Jinnah Hospital Lahore — Lahore
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07375186 · ERB198/07/01-0-1-2026/AIMC/JHL