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Perioperative Nutritional Support in Esophageal Cancer Patients

NCT04190121 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2019-12-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Upper GI malignancies often lead to involuntary weight loss and nutritional deficits. Nutritional support, both pre- and postoperatively, may improve post-operative course and reduce length of hospital stay. This prospective randomized trial aims to investigate the above mentioned hypothesis and clarify any variants that may differ between the investigation and control group at a statistically significant level.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Nutritional Deficiency

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

prosure

The study group will receive the dietary supplement preoperatively and for three months after the operation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • THEODOROU DIMITRIOS

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dimitrios Theodorou · Hippocration Hospital

  • Athina-Despina Kimpizi · Hippocration Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-26
Primary Completion
2022-02-14
Completion
2022-02-14

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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