Medium Calorie Parenteral Nutrition on Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer Undergoing Surgery

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Colorectal Neoplasms

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01700062

KMUH-IRB-960022

Details and patient eligibility

About

aimed at investigating the efficacy, safety, and clinical outcome of Medium-Calorie or standard-calorie total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for patients with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing surgery

Full description

biochemistry data Various inflammation-related cytokines clinical outcome hospital stay

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients considered for major surgery for colorectal cancer Expected requirement for post operative PN or TPN of at least for 7 days Age >18 Hemodynamically stable Written Informed Consent

Exclusion criteria

• Hemodynamic failure of any organ Renal insufficiency Patients with severe liver dysfunction Albumin < 3g/dL DM with poor blood sugar control

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Medium calorie

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)

standard calorie

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)