Early feeding versus routine feeding after tumor removal using Ivor Lewis minimally invasive esophagectomy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Postoperative feeding after esophageal resection; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16281941
• Lead Sponsor: Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-02-19
• Last Update Posted: 30 March 2020
• Study Completion: 2022-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged =18 years
2. Undergoing minimally invasive Ivor Lewis intervention with intrathoracic anastomosis for esophageal cancer

Exclusion Criteria

1. Age = 80 years
2. Exploratory surgery
3. Bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury
4. Patients with other malignancies

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of hospital stays after operation. The discharge criteria are: ability to tolerate a soft diet, no signs of a postoperative complication that needed to be treated at the hospital, ability to ambulate without assistance, tolerable pain on oral analgesia and assessed by the attending doctor

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Quality of life, measured using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORCT) assessed within 3 days prior to surgery, 2 weeks , 4 weeks and 3 months after operation<br> 2. General quality of life questionnaire (C30) and OES18 assessed within 3 days prior to surgery, 2 weeks , 4 weeks and 3 months after operation<br> 3. Time in the ICU, morbidity (graded based on the Clavien–Dindo classification)<br> 4. Mortality within 30 days<br>