Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in Live Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients

The goal of this interventional study is to learn if an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol works to reduce the need for narcotic pain medications in live donor kidney transplant recipients. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the ERAS protocol lower the amount of opioid narcotic medication needed to manage post-surgery pain? Does the ERAS protocol help lower pain scores after surgery? Researchers will compare the ERAS protocol to previous patients where the ERAS protocol was not used to see if the ERAS protocol works to reduce post-surgery pain. Participants will be asked to: * Drink a pre-surgery carbohydrate drink two hours before your surgery. * Take a pre-surgery dose of Tylenol by mouth. * Take a pre-surgery dose of Gabapentin by mouth. * The surgeon will administer a local numbing medication at the surgery site by injection during the surgery. * Begin walking with assistance about 12 hours after your surgery. * Allow the research staff to collect data about your kidney function. This data will be collected on your postoperative clinic visits, which generally occur about twice weekly for one month. This information will determine your kidney health, need for hospitalization, and side effects that may occur.

NCT Number	NCT06997016
Lead Sponsor	Baylor Research Institute
Conditions	Postoperative Pain
Enrollment	60 participants
Start Date	2025-05-05
Primary Completion	2026-06 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-06 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-01-27