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NCT Number: NCT05999786

ERAS Swallowing Rehabilitation in Elder Patients

The investigators studied that swallowing function of patients receiving the Early Recovery Accelerated Swallowing (ERAS-W program) training will recover fast than that of patients in the control group. The ERAS program training will be initiated before surgery and continue to after surgery.

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Key information

Age range

20 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

The older patients (≥65 years old) with OFI-8≥4 undergoing elective orthopedic surgery requiring tracheal intubation will be recruited. Patients will be randomized into an intervention and a control group. Patients in the intervention groups will received the ERAS-W program, while those in the control group will receive the swallowing education video.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • elective surgery
  • general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria

  • major organ dysfunction, ex: chronic kidney disease, hear failure
  • bleeding tendency

Treatment and study plan

early rehabiliation swallowing program

Behavioral

not receiving early rehabilitation swallowing program from before and after surgery

not receiving early rehabilitation swallowing program

Behavioral

the Taiwan Dysphagia Society's publicly shared swallowing exercises for dysphagia, which is from before and after surgery

Primary outcomes

  1. UES pressure, mmHg

    Time frame: about six months

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Chih-Jun Lai, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+886-972652086

Chih-Min Liu, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

_886-972652224

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effectivity of Early Recovery Accelerated Swallowing Program on Promoting Swallowing Recovery in Older Patients With High Risk of Oral Frailty Requiring Endotracheal Intubation During General Anesthesia: a Pilot Randomized Control Trial

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2030
First posted
Aug 21, 2023
Registry last updated
Aug 21, 2023

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