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A comparative study on the long-term results of nutritional support using enteral nutrition for patients undergoing chemotherapy for unresectable pancreatic and biliary tract cancer

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Pancreatic cancer/Biliary cancer
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000043223
Lead Sponsor
The Jikei University School of Medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
66
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1 PS 3,4 (according to ECOG criteria) 2 Difficulty in oral intake 3 Active infectious disease 4 History of hypersensitivity to administered drugs (or equivalent supplements) or milk protein (Inolas contains milk protein) 5 Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (HbA1c 7.0percents or higher) 6 Duplication of cancer outside the biliary-pancreatic region 7 Receiving warfarin 8 Plt<100,000 9 Patients with severe hepatic or renal impairment 10 Inborn error of amino acid metabolism 11 In case the attending physician deems it inappropriate

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
skeletal muscle mass
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Weight, chemotherapy response rate, chemotherapy tolerability (adverse event rate, chemotherapy continuation rate), overall survival, blood sampling data (blood EPA concentration, EPA/AA ratio, Glasgow prognostic score (CRP, Alb), serum proteins (TP, retinol binding protein (RBP), prealbumin), white blood cells (neutrophils), IL-6, NK cell activity White blood cells (neutrophils), IL-6, NK cell activity, HbA1c (pancreatic cancer only), CEA, CA19-9), QOL score
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