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A study on the efficacy and safety of Hochuekkito for anorexia of elderly gastric cancer patients

Not Applicable
Conditions
Elderly gastric cancer patients who are scheduled for gastrectomy
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000018451
Lead Sponsor
Department of Surgery, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1)Patients who are scheduled for radiation therapy in the preoperative orintraoperative 2)Patients with a history of radiation therapy to the abdomen 3)Patients who are scheduled to management by artificial respiration after surgery 4)Patients with either a history has been complicated by inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease 5)Patients who underwent emergency surgery 6)Patients with double cancer 7)Patients with peritoneal metastasis (Peritoneal Lavage Cytology or Pathological diagnosis) 8)Patients who are scheduled to bowel resection 9)Patients with major organs (bone marrow, heart, liver, kidney, lungs, etc.) the function of the not retained 10)Patients with a history of bowel resection 11)Patients with a history of abdominal surgery and peritonitis (Except for patients with appendectomy) 12)Patients with diabetes to have performed insulin therapy 13)Patients receiving steroids 14)Patients taking the Kampo Products within 4 weeks prior to study drug administration 15)Patients were considered to be inappropriate by the physician

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1)Appetite(VAS:Visual Analog Scale) 2)CONUT(Controlling Nutritional Status) score 3)Skeletal muscle mass evaluated at 3 and 6 month after operation
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1)Postoperative complications 2)PNI(Prognostic Nutritional Index) 3)Changes in body weight 4)Frailty(Muscle mass, Muscle strength, Physical ability) 5)QOL(Quality of Life)evaluation: SF-12 standard version 6)IADL(Instrumental Activities of Daily Living) evaluation:TMIG Index of Competence 7)Preoperative depression score: K6/K10 Japanese version 8)Postoperative hospital stay 9)Feasibility 10)Clinical examination:Alb, Lym, T-Cho, T-Bil, ALT, AST, GTP, CRP, BUN, Cr, Na, K, Cl 11)Adverse events 12)Side effects
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