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Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Postoperative Complications After Colorectal Surgery

NCT00488904 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 148

Last updated 2010-04-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To discover whether an Omega-3 fatty acid (eicosapentaenoic acid/EPA and docosahexaensyre/DHA) enriched nutritional supplement given 7 days preoperatively and 7 days postoperatively may reduce the frequency of postoperative infectious complications defined as: pneumonia, wound infection, urinary tract infection, peritonitis (including anastomotic leakage) and septic conditions of any cause in patients who undergo elective operations for colorectal cancer compared with a nutritional preparation that is identical apart from the EPA content.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

supportan

2 sip feed pr. day

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

supportan placebo

2 sip feed pr. day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aalborg University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erik be schmidt, professor · Aalborg Hospital the lipid clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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