Development and Clinical Application of Invalid Foods Using Mealworms

Yonsei University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pancreatobiliary Disease; Liver Disease

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: mealworms; Dietary Supplement: grain powder

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03201926

3-2017-0077

Details and patient eligibility

About

Malnutrition in cancer patients continues after surgery and worsens the patient's overall health and quality of life. Previous studies reported edible insects in patients' diets increased postoperative muscle mass and weight gain. Therefore, by using nutritionally excellent mealworms for a long time, it is proved that nutritional status and survival rate are improved, leading to development of various products of edible insects.

Enrollment: 168 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients scheduled for surgery with pancreaticobiliary disease and liver cancer (metastatic liver cancer)
• Karnofsky performance status ≥ 70
• Patients who can communicate without difficulty in obtaining a consent form for the test

Exclusion Criteria: Patients with any of the following criteria are excluded.

• Patients who underwent palliative surgery
• Patients with uncontrolled pre-operative disease
• Previous history of surgery affecting nutritional status
• Pregnant and lactating women
• Patients with allergy to mealworms

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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168 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

mealworms

Experimental group

Description:

mealworms

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: mealworms

grain powder

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

grain powder

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: grain powder