Protein Supplements in Association With Prehabilitation Program for Cancer Patients Before Surgery

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Surgery; Cancer; Prehabilitation

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Whey protein

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04812704

2021/19JAN/022

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of study is to analyse the feasibility of the use of nutritionnal complements after exercices before surgery for cancer.

Body composition, muscle function and muscle mass will be analyse too.

Full description

A prospective study will be carried out including adult patients with neoplasia who should benefit in their therapeutic strategy from oncological surgery. About fifty patients will be recruited in the oncology / surgery department at the Saint-Luc University Clinics in Brussels. Patients will be assessed at the initial consultation and after the pre-habilitation period, ie the day before the operation.

Dietary monitoring will be carried out in parallel with a physical and respiratory preparation program (prehabilitation) and the intake of protein nutritional supplements in the form of powder to be diluted will be carried out after each exercise session.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patient with operable cancer
• patient inform consent
• min 18 years old
• french or english speaking

Exclusion criteria

• neuromuscular pathology
• cardiorespiratory or orthopedic pathology that prevents physical activity
• cognitive or psychiatric disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2 participants in 1 patient group

Nutritional complement

Experimental group

Description:

A prospective study will be carried out including adult patients with neoplasia who should benefit in their therapeutic strategy from oncological surgery. About fifty patients will be recruited in the oncology / surgery department at the Saint-Luc University Clinics in Brussels. Patients will be assessed at the initial consultation and after the pre-habilitation period, ie the day before the operation. Dietary monitoring will be carried out in parallel with a physical and respiratory preparation program (prehabilitation) and the intake of protein nutritional supplements in the form of powder to be diluted will be carried out after each exercise session.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Whey protein