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

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Department of Surgical Oncology Medical University of Gdańsk

Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, 80-210