Supplementary Postoperative Parenteral Nutrition for Head and Neck Cancer Patients (SpPN-HNC)

University of Copenhagen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Neoplasm

Treatments: Other: Parenteral Nutrition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03042195

H-16042979

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to examine whether postoperative nutrition with endeavours of 100% coverage of the patient's estimated energy and protein needs, can reduce the incidence of postoperative complications.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who completed head and neck cancer surgery and got a feeding tube perioperatively
• Patients of legal age
• Patients who can understand and read Scandinavian languages

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with allergy to components in parenteral nutrition
• Patients where it is impossible to give parenteral nutrition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Supplementary parenteral nutrition

Treatment:

Other: Parenteral Nutrition

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will receive standard nutritional care