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Effect of Probiotics in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Periampullary Neoplasms

NCT01468779 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2017-03-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the probiotic use in patients with periampullary cancers undergone curative or palliative treatment considering nutritional status, postoperative complications, infection rate, length of hospitalization and mortality.

Conditions

  • Periampullary Carcinoma Nos

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Probiotics

The probiotics pills are given orally in the amount of two pills twice a day as early as two days before surgery until ten days after surgery.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Sugar pill

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • FIPE - Fundo de Incentivo a Pesquisa do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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