Preoperative Oral Immunonutrition for Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Elective Surgery - Effect on Complications and Length of Hospital Stay

University of Copenhagen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Oral Impact, Nestlé Health Science

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01789073

H-1-2012-146

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of preoperative immunonutrition on complications and length of hospital stay in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing elective surgery.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women referred to treatment at Surgical Gastroenterology Clinic C, Ward 2122 for pancreatic cancer
• Age > 18 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18 years
• Pregnant and lactating women
• Persons who cannot understand and/or speak Danish
• Renal dysfunction
• Milk allergy
• Participants are excluded if elective surgery is not indicated after all

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Oral Impact, Nestlé Health Science

Experimental group

Description:

Oral Impact-arm receives the intervention the last 7 days prior to surgery

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Oral Impact, Nestlé Health Science

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control-arm receives no intervention but is treated according to the standard procedures