Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Post-operative Medium Chain Triglyceride Diet May Reduce Hospital Stay Following Lung Resection
Lead Sponsor:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Lung resection, a critical treatment for various thoracic diseases, including lung cancer, often necessitates prolonged hospitalization due to rare but severe postoperative complications such as chyle...
Detailed Description
This study is a single-center, prospective, randomized trial designed to investigate how a post-operative diet enriched with MCT affects recovery in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- General Inclusion Criteria for All procedures:
- Age between 18 - 80 years
- Body mass index \<35 kg/m2
- Suitable for minimally invasive surgery
- Willingness to participate as demonstrated by giving informed consent
- Project-specific Criteria:
- 1\. Patients performed lobectomy with lymph node dissection
Exclusion
- Patient general exclusion criteria:
- Contraindication to general anesthesia
- Severe concomitant illness that drastically shortens life expectancy or increases the risk of therapeutic intervention
- Untreated active infection
- Non-correctable coagulopathy
- Emergency surgery
- Vulnerable population (e.g. mentally disabled, pregnancy)
- Project-specific Criteria
- Segmentectomy
- Pleurodesis
- Esophageal procedures
- Redo/readmitted patients for lung resection
- Chylothorax (Triglyceride \> 110 mL, excluded at day 1 routine lab check)
- Air leak (\> 30 mL/min when back to ward)
- Heart Failure
- Renal failure (estimated GFR \< 30; CKD grading stage 4-5)
- Moderate to severe adhesion (defined at randomization by surgeon; criteria include estimated surface area of adhesion and staging)
- History of tuberculosis or empyema
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 30 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
210 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07159659
Start Date
September 1 2025
End Date
August 30 2027
Last Update
September 8 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, Hong Kong