Status:
UNKNOWN
Nutritional Supplementation in Patients With no Signs of Malnutrition
Lead Sponsor:
MedSource Polska
Conditions:
Primary Neoplasm
Secondary Neoplasm
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The aim of the study was to assess the effect of nutritional supplementation on nutritional status and postoperational complications in cancer patients with no clinical signs of malnutrition
Detailed Description
In previous psychological studies our team found high level psychological stress in over 60% of cancer patients. This may cause numerous problems including anorexia, which together with biological dis...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Primary or secondary resectable gastrointestinal and abdominal malignancy
- No signs of malnutrition at qualification for surgery
- General performance \>70 Karnofsky scale
- Informed consent
Exclusion
- history of radio or chemotherapy
- signs of mechanical ileus
- other major gastrointestinal diseases
- type 1 diabetes
- autoimmunological diseases requiring systemic steroids
- signs of infection
- renal and/or liver failure
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01894828
Start Date
April 1 2011
Last Update
July 10 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Surgical Oncology Medical University of Gdańsk
Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, 80-210