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Completed Not applicable Interventional

GI Surgery Pre-Operative Nutrition

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01471743

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Official title

The Effect of Pre-Operative Immunonutrition With "Impact Advanced Recovery (R)" on Patients Undergoing Major GI Cancer Surgery

Brief summary

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Surgical patients are high risk for post operative infections. These post operative infections contribute to increased length of hospital stay, hospital costs and delay overall recovery time thus decreasing the quality of life. Studies have reported post operative complications ranging from 37% to 74%.1 The most costly complications include infectious complications after major Gastrointestinal (GI) surgery including wound infections, abdominal abscess, pneumonia, sepsis and anastomic leaks.2 Several studies have been conducted that show a significant reduction in infectious complications and average length of stay when treated with immunonutrition supplements.2-3 A review of similarly designed studies in a different patient population indicate that post-operative infections can be reduced by an average of 71% with immunonutrition. This study seeks to investigate the effect of Impact Advanced Recovery ® in improving surgical outcomes in patients receiving major gastrointestinal surgeries compared to a standard supplement at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital. Providing Impact Advanced Recovery ® may decrease post-operative infectious complications, length of stay, and recovery time. Hypothesis 1. In patients receiving elective gastrointestinal surgery (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic or colon resections) there will be a significant decrease of at least 60% in post-operative infections as listed below for patients who consume 15 servings of Impact Advanced Recovery® pre-operatively compared to patients who consume 15 servings of a standard supplement. Complications to be considered: anastomatic leak, post-op wound development, post-op abdominal abscess, sepsis, pneumonia, post-op ileus, intestinal fistula, obstruction, urinary tract infections, peritonitis or bowel necrosis. 2. In patients receiving elective gastrointestinal surgery (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic or colon resections) there will be a significant decrease in hospital and NPO days for patients who consume 15 servings of Impact Advanced Recovery ® pre-operatively.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01471743
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
108 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Dietary Supplement

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Oct 31, 2011
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2016
Completion
Jan 31, 2016
Last update posted
Feb 22, 2016

2011 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
James A. Haley VA Hospital Tampa Florida 33612

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