NCT06769087Enrolling by invitation

Comparing Immediate Removal and Postoperative 1 Day of Urinary Catheter After Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Comparative Analysis of Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes: Immediate Versus Postoperative Day 1 Removal of Urinary Catheter After Colorectal Cancer Surgery in a Non-inferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program is widely applied in colorectal cancer surgery. Among the early recovery programs after surgery, the timing of removal of the urinary catheter after surgery has been emphasized recently, but the specific timing is still under discussion. Maintaining the urinary catheter after surgery is to prevent urinary retention after surgery, but it is known that the risk of urinary tract infection increases the longer it is maintained. Previously, it was removed 3 days after colorectal cancer surgery, but several studies reported that even if it was removed earlier, the incidence of urinary retention did not increase, and rather the incidence of urinary tract infection decreased. In particular, by applying the early recovery program after surgery, factors related to patient recovery before, during, and after surgery are applied to help rapid recovery, and it has been reported that early removal of the urinary catheter has a positive effect on postoperative recovery and complications. Therefore, it is necessary to prove that the timing of removal of the urinary catheter after surgery in colorectal cancer patients can help early recovery through clinical results such as patient recovery and occurrence of complications.

Status (registry): Enrolling by invitation
Study type: Interventional
Enrollment: 316 (estimated)
First submitted: 30 Dec 2024
Start date: 1 Dec 2024
Primary completion date: 31 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor: Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
Diseases: Colorectal cancer
NCT number: NCT06769087

What you commit to

Study type: Interventional
Planned participants: 316
From 1 Dec 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
1 site in 1 country
Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Prior treatment

Patients who have undergone conventional treatment in cases other than distant metastasis or R0 resection
Patients who have developed complications related to the urinary system during surgery and require maintenance of a urinary catheter such as a urethral stent
Patients who have undergone urinary surgery such as urethral stent placement, cystectomy, or urostomy in the past

Other illness

Patients who require continuous monitoring through a urinary catheter due to hemodynamic instability or massive bleeding, etc.
Patients who are on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis due to chronic renal failure

Other

Patients who have undergone two or more major abdominal surgeries, including lateral pelvic lymph node dissection, at the same time
Patients who cannot participate in a clinical trial at the discretion of a physician
Patients who do not wish to participate in the study

Who the study is looking for

19 years old 80 years old
Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer who are eligible for radical resection surgery
Patients who underwent open, laparoscopic, or robotic surgery
Written informed consent

Age in the registry: 19 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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Site	City	Country	Site status
Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status	Seoul	South Korea	Unknown status

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