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Nutritional Therapy Enriched With Omega-3 in Patients With Lung Resection

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Surgery
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: Fish oil oral supplementation
Dietary Supplement: Enteral nutrition without fish oil
Dietary Supplement: Oral nutritional supplement without fish oil
Dietary Supplement: Fish oil enteral supplementation
Registration Number
NCT06531460
Lead Sponsor
National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of enriched formula with omega-3 in the 30-day incidence infection and inflammatory response following lung resection surgery in lung cancer patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
310
Inclusion Criteria
  • Lung cancer diagnosis
  • Elective surgery for lung resection schedule at least four days before surgery
  • Signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Acute or chronic organ failure as hepatic or renal insufficiency
  • Patients with fish-allergy
  • History of any surgery within 3 months
  • Immunocompromised patients

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Experimental oral nutritionFish oil oral supplementationPatients admitted one day before surgery. Home-self administration of enriched enteral formula three days before surgery
Standard enteral nutritionEnteral nutrition without fish oilPatients admitted to the hospital at least three days before surgery Use of an enteral feeding tube to administer standard enteral formula
Standard oral nutritionOral nutritional supplement without fish oilPatients admitted one day before surgery. Home-self administration of standard enteral formula three days before surgery
Experimental enteral nutritionFish oil enteral supplementationPatients admitted to the hospital at least three days before surgery Use of an enteral feeding tube to administer enriched enteral formula
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
30-day incidence infection30-day incidence infection following lung resection in lung cancer patients.

Incidence of infectious complications after surgery diagnosed using any of these criteria:

Infection of surgery wound confirmed by culture Infection confirmed by blood culture Pneumonia developed after surgery confirmed by chest x Ray.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-α)At the beginning of nutritional therapy and at day-4 following surgery

Measured in serum sample made by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Changes in prostaglandin E2At the beginning of nutritional therapy and at day-4 following surgery

Measured in serum sample made by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Hospital lenght of stayDuring the hospital stay until 90-day

Number of calendar days that elapsed since hospital admission to the day of hospital discharge

Changes in Interleukin-6At the beginning of nutritional therapy and at day-4 following surgery

Measured in serum sample made by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Number of participants with therapeutic antibiotics prescriptionDuring the hospital stay until 30-day

Frequency of therapeutic antibiotics prescription will be collected from medical records and medication administration registers.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Institute of Respiratory Diseases

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Mexico City, Mexico

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