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Gastric CancerNCT01838109

Postoperative Oral Nutritional Supplementation After Major Gastrointestinal Surgery

A study testing oral nutritional supplement in people with Gastric Cancer and Colon Cancer, run by Seoul National University Hospital at 1 site in South Korea.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Patients who underwent major gastrointestinal surgery is potentially at risk of malnutrition due to reduced oral intake, increased nutritional need, reduced gastrointestinal absorption function, and/or metabolic changes after surgery. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Gastric Cancer, Colon Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
What is being tested?
oral nutritional supplement
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
174 participants
Where
1 siteSouth Korea
Study dates
Apr 2013to Apr 2014
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 20 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Male or female who are 20 or more years old and not more than 80 years old
  • Discharge from a hospital is planned within 2 weeks after major gastrointestinal surgery (except when ileostomy is performed)
  • oral intake is possible at the time of discharge
  • no preoperative chemotherapy or preoperative radiotherapy
  • voluntarily agreed with the informed consent of this clinical trial

Who cannot join

  • Intravenous or other specific nutritional treatment is needed
  • BMI >25 and postoperative weight loss is not > 5% of preoperative body weight at the time of discharge
  • Allergy to milk, whey, bean, salmon, or the investigational product
  • Residual of cancer in the abdominal cavity postoperatively if it is cancer case
  • Presence of synchronous other cancers that needs treatment.
  • When investigator judged that the patient is not eligible to the trial

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

South Korea1 site
  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul

Other trials in South Korea

About this study

Official title: Multicenter, Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Postoperative Oral Nutritional Supplementation for the Patients Who Received Major Gastrointestinal Surgery

Patients who underwent major gastrointestinal surgery is potentially at risk of malnutrition due to reduced oral intake, increased nutritional need, reduced gastrointestinal absorption function, and/or metabolic changes after surgery. The postoperative malnutrition is associated with low quality of life and seems to be related long-term nutritional status. This study is a multicenter, open-labeled prospective randomized clinical trial to examine the effect of postoperative oral nutritional supplements (ONS) after major gastrointestinal surgery by comparing the change of body weight and other nutritional parameters between the experiment group that is supplied with ONS and the control group without ONS.

Being tested
oral nutritional supplement
Medical subject headings
Stomach Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Duodenal Neoplasms, Biliary Tract Neoplasms, Peptic Ulcer, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • oral nutritional supplementDietary supplement

    Also called Encover

Study groups in NCT01838109
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ONS groupExperimentaloral administration of Encover 2 package for day starting at the time of discharge (200ml/package x 2, total 400Kcal/day) total 87 patients
Receives: Dietary Supplement: oral nutritional supplement
Control groupNo interventionno intervention total 87 patients

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Body weight decrease rate 8weeks after discharge compared with preoperative body weight

    Measured: 8weeks after discharge

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Changes in body weight before and after surgery

    Measured: preoperatively, at the time of discharge, and 2,4, 8 weeks after discharge

  2. Change of body mass index before and after surgery

    Measured: preoperatively, at the time of discharge after surgery, and 8 weeks after discharge

  3. changes in PG-SGA score and grade

    Measured: preoperatively, and 2,4,8 weeks after discharge

  4. serum hemoglobin

    Measured: preoperatively, at the time of discharge, 2,4,8 weeks after discharge

  5. serum total lymphocyte count

    Measured: preoperatively, at the time of discharge, 2,4,8 weeks after discharge

  6. serum total cholesterol

    Measured: preoperatively, at the time of discharge, 2,4,8 weeks after discharge

  7. serum total protein

    Measured: preoperatively, at the time of discharge, 2,4,8 weeks after discharge

  8. serum albumin

    Measured: preoperatively, at the time of discharge, 2,4,8 weeks after discharge

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 Apr 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2013
  3. Primary completionApr 2014
  4. Study completionApr 2014

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
174 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01838109
Sponsor's protocol ID
KSSMN-01
Status last verified
Sep 2013
First submitted
10 Apr 2013
Last updated
27 May 2015
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing oral nutritional supplement in people with Gastric Cancer and Colon Cancer, run by Seoul National University Hospital at 1 site in South Korea.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 May 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in South Korea. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Body weight decrease rate 8weeks after discharge compared with preoperative body weight (time frame: 8weeks after discharge). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 May 2015.

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