The aim of the study was to assess the effect of nutritional supplementation on nutritional status and postoperational complications in cancer patients with no clinical signs of malnutrition
In previous psychological studies our team found high level psychological stress in over 60% of cancer patients. This may cause numerous problems including anorexia, which together with biological disturbances can initiate cancer related catabolism even when it can not yet be seen. In this study we want to answer the question if oral nutritional supplementation can help the patient overcome the catabolism in its initial phase and improve nutritional status, which would result in reduced number of postoperational complications
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
Patients are asked to drink two 200ml bottles of nutritional supplement daily for 14 days before surgery
Department of Surgical Oncology Medical University of Gdańsk
Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
RECRUITINGImprovement of nutritional status
The aim of the study was to assess if nutritional supplementation improves nutritional status of patients with no clinical signs of malnutrition. Nutritional status improvement will be assessed by change in anthropometric (body weight (kg)) and laboratory (albumin, total protein, transferrin level, total lymphocyte count) parameters.
Time frame: After 14 days
Reducing number of complications
To assess if improvement of nutritional status is connected with reduced number of postoperative complications.
Time frame: 30 days after surgery
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