Study patients diagnosed with acute pouchitis after bowel surgery for ulcerative colitis will perform manuka honey enemas twice a day for 30 days.

Pouchitis

Study patients diagnosed with acute pouchitis will perform manuka honey enemas twice a day for 30 days.

Manuka honey enema

Saint Paul's Hospital

To Determine the Effect of Honey Enema in the Treatment of Patients With Acute Pouchitis

To Determine the Effect of Honey Enema in the Treatment of Patients With Acute Pouchitis (Pilot Study)

PDAI score is a criterion for defining pouchitis. A PDAI score will be calculated from a proctoscopy assessment before treatment. Within two weeks after the treatment, another proctoscopy will be performed to determine the post-treatment PDAI score to see if there is a decrease in PDAI score for the study patients.

includes stool frequency (no different, 1-2 stools/day > postoperative usual, 3 or more stools/day > postoperative usual), rectal bleeding (none or rare or present daily), fecal urgency or abdominal cramps (none, occasional or usual), presence of fever (temperature >37.8° C), abdominal pain (no, occasional or usual) and readmission to hospital for any reason.

Dr. Carl J Brown

Head, Division of General Surgery, clinical assistant professor of surgery at University of British Columbia

Canadian Association of General Surgeons

Irradiated organic manuka honey 5ml 4 times a day held in mouth for 30 secs then swallowed

Sugar-free placebo gel 5ml 4 times a day, swished and held in mouth for 30 secs then swallowed

Irradiated organic manuka honey 5ml 4 times a day held in mouth for 30 secs then swallowed
manuka honey: Irradiated organic manuka honey 5ml 4 times a day held in mouth for 30 secs then swallowed. May be diluted with equal or twice the volume of water to reduce nausea in patients already nauseated from chemotherapy.

Honey

Sugar-free placebo gel 5ml 4 times a day, swished and held in mouth for 30 secs then swallowed
placebo gel: Sugar-free honey-flavoured gel 5ml 4 times a day swished and held in mouth for 30 secs then swallowed. May be diluted with equal or twice the volume of water to reduce nausea in patients already nauseated from chemotherapy.

Placebo

Total

Sex: Female, Male

Race and Ethnicity Not Collected

Weight

Diabetic

Smoker

ECOG > 0

Chemotherapy

Gy = Gray; the international system unit of radiation dose

Radiation Therapy => 7,000 Gy

Worst Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) score greater than or equal to Grade 3 mucositis The scale ranges from Grade 0 (No mucositis) to Grade 4 (Necrosis or deep ulceration ± bleeding) where Grade 0 is the best outcome and Grade 4 is the worst outcome.

Severity of Mucositis According to the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) for Patients Who Had at Least One Mucositis Assessment

Severity of Mucositis According to the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) for Patients Who Had a Minimum of 2 Mucositis Assessments

Overall Study

Dr. Philippa Hawley

Radiotherapy Induced Mucositis

Head and Neck Cancer

Irradiated organic manuka honey 5ml 4 times a day held in mouth for 30 secs then swallowed. May be diluted with equal or twice the volume of water to reduce nausea in patients already nauseated from chemotherapy.

manuka honey

Sugar-free honey-flavoured gel 5ml 4 times a day swished and held in mouth for 30 secs then swallowed. May be diluted with equal or twice the volume of water to reduce nausea in patients already nauseated from chemotherapy.

placebo gel

BC Cancer Agency

A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Manuka Honey for Oral Mucositis Due to Radiation Therapy for Cancer

British Columbia Cancer Agency

The study was blinded to all except necessary pharmacy staff until after the study was closed.

leptospermum scoparium/anticancer

To Determine the Effect of Honey Enema in the Treatment of Patients With Acute Pouchitis

A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Manuka Honey for Oral Mucositis Due to Radiation Therapy for Cancer

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