Early postoperative enteral feeding in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Primary epithelial ovarian cancer; Primary fallopian tube cancer; Primary peritoneal cancer; moderate malnourishment; severe malnourishment; Postoperative enteral feeding; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Cancer - Ovarian and primary peritoneal

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000547044
• Lead Sponsor: Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Patients requiring planned upfront or interval cytoreductive surgery for suspected or histologically proven advanced ovarian, primary peritoneal cancer or fallopian tube cancer as determined jointly by the surgeon and the patient.

Signs of moderate or severe malnutrition. Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) category B or C

Medically fit for cytoreductive surgery

Signed written informed consent form

Females aged 18 years or older

Able to understand and complete questionnaires in English

Exclusion Criteria

Other histological type than epithelial ovarian cancer, peritoneal cancer or fallopian tube cancer

Recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, peritoneal cancer or fallopian tube cancer

Pre-existing contraindications to enteral nutrition such as ileus, gastrointestinal ischaemia, bilious or persistent vomiting or mechanical obstruction.

Positive urinary pregnancy test 10 days prior to surgery in a pre-menopausal lady and/or women <2years after menopause who are not surgically sterile.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified