The primary purpose of this project is to investigate if addition of glutamine, an amino acid, to standard parenteral nutrition, may improve the clinical outcome of the bone marrrow transplantation reducing the occurrence of veno-occlusive disease and severity of mucositis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
40
Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong, China
RECRUITINGVeno-occlusive disease
Time frame: 1 month
Mucositis
Time frame: 1 month
Hospital stay
Time frame: 2 months
Use of antibiotics
Time frame: 2 months
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