Perioperative Nutrition in Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Surgery

Dan Azagury

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Stomach Neoplasms; Esophageal Neoplasms

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Impact; Dietary Supplement: Glucose load

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00560846

CER: 07-123

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the influence of peri-operative nutrition on the post-operative complications, preservation of lean body mass and length of stay after gastrectomy or oesophagectomy.

Enrollment: 43 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Surgery for Upper GI cancer
• Age over 18
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Major swallowing disorders
• Dementia or other psychological state precluding compliance and understanding of research protocol
• Pre-existing enteral or parenteral nutrition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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43 participants in 2 patient groups

Nutrition

Experimental group

Description:

Pre-operative immunonutritrion, pre-operative glucose load, post-operative early immunonutrition

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Glucose load

Dietary Supplement: Impact

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No immunonutrition, no glucose load, no early enteral immunonutrition