Feeding Schedules After Surgery in Patients With Gynecologic Cancer

NCT00742677 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2013-09-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting may be lessened by waiting after surgery before eating foods by mouth. It is not yet known which feeding schedule is more effective in patients undergoing surgery.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is comparing two feeding schedules after laparotomy in patients with gynecologic cancer.

Conditions

  • Female Reproductive Cancer

Interventions

PROCEDURE

nutritional support

Given orally

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • European Institute of Oncology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lucas Minig, MD · European Institute of Oncology

  • Roberto Biffi, MD · European Institute of Oncology

  • Angelo Maggioni, MD · European Institute of Oncology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Eligibility

Max Age
75 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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