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NCT04060303CompletedPhase 3

ENhanced Recovery in CHildren Undergoing Surgery

Assessing Effectiveness and Implementation of a Perioperative Enhanced Recovery Protocol for Children Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The institution of perioperative Enhanced Recovery Protocols (ERPs) has been found to decrease hospital length of stay, in-hospital costs, and complications among adult surgical populations but data in pediatric populations are lacking. The Assessing Effectiveness and Implementation of a Perioperative Enhanced Recovery Protocol for Children Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery, which has the short title "ENhanced Recovery In CHildren Undergoing Surgery (ENRICH-US)," study is a multicenter, pragmatic, prospective study, using a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial design. The study is designed to test the adoption, effectiveness, and generalizability of a newly developed, 21-element ERP for children undergoing elective gastrointestinal surgery.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
597 (actual)
First submitted
7 Aug 2019
Start date
1 Jul 2020
Primary completion date
6 Nov 2024
Lead sponsor
Northwestern University
NCT number
NCT04060303

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 597
  • From 1 Jul 2020 to the primary completion date, 6 Nov 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Children undergoing emergent/urgent gastrointestinal/colorectal surgical procedures

Other

  • Patients/families who cannot read and write English or Spanish

Who the study is looking for

  • Pediatric patients ages 10-18
  • Undergoing elective (non-emergency) gastrointestinal/colorectal surgical procedures

Age in the registry: 10 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Northwestern University
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status

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