Nutritional and Functional Assessment of Patients Undergoing Surgery Due to Gastrointestinal Cancer (NUFAGI): a Prospective Cohort Study.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Sponsor
- Maximos Frountzas
- Enrollment
- 300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Postoperative morbidity.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Several patients that suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) cancer are characterized by malnutrition and impairment of their functional status. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the nutritional condition of patients undergoing surgery due to GI cancer and compare it with their functional status. All consecutive patients with esophageal, gastric, colorectal, hepatocellular, pancreatic and biliary cancer, that underwent a surgical operation will be included. Demographic characteristics, nutritional assessment and anthropometric measurements of the patients will be recorded.
Investigators
Maximos Frountzas
Study Coordinator
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients undergoing a surgical operation due to esophageal, gastric, colorectal, hepatocellular, pancreatic and biliary cancer.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Under 18 years old or above 99 years old.
- •Surgery due to benign conditions.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Postoperative morbidity.
Time Frame: 30 days
Complications after surgery.
Secondary Outcomes
- Mortality.(30 days)
- Disease stage(1 month)
- Recurrence(1 year)