Study of Nutritional Supplement Shakes in People About to Receive Their Debulking Surgery for Ovarian Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Debulking Surgery for Ovarian Cancer

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake supplements; Other: Daily Food Intake form

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03956095

19-108

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to find out if it is possible to establish a nutritional support program for people who are scheduled to receive primary debulking surgery.

Design: This will be a prospective observational study to assess the feasibility of implementing a preoperative nutrition supplementation program.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18
• Scheduled to undergo primary surgical debulking of ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer
• Have a sufficient preoperative window during which the intervention can occur, with the last day of supplementation at least one and no more than two days prior to surgery; scheduling of the procedure should not be delayed due to participation in this investigation

Exclusion criteria

• Have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy
• Debulking surgery scheduled less than 8 days from initial visit
• Are scheduled for a minimally invasive procedure
• Unable to tolerate oral intake or have gastrointestinal issues that would prevent or prohibit oral supplement consumption
• Have diabetes mellitus
• Have allergies to the Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake supplement
• Have galactosemia

Trial design

23 participants in 1 patient group

Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake supplements

Description:

Participants will be provided with and instructed to drink three Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake supplements per day for seven days prior to their scheduled procedure.

Treatment:

Other: Daily Food Intake form

Dietary Supplement: Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake supplements