# Can Coffee/Caffeine Improve Post-Operative Gastrointestinal Recovery

> **NCT04547868** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre** · enrollment: 174 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Ileus
- Caffeine

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Coffee
- **OTHER:** Decaffeinated Coffee
- **OTHER:** Warm water

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04547868
- **Lead sponsor:** Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-10-05
- **Primary completion:** 2022-07-30
- **Final completion:** 2022-08-21
- **Target enrollment:** 174 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04547868

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04547868, "Can Coffee/Caffeine Improve Post-Operative Gastrointestinal Recovery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04547868. Licensed CC0.

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