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Immunomodulating Nutrients in Perioperative Patients With Gastric Cancer

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Gastric Cancer
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: immunomodulating nutrients enriched diet
Dietary Supplement: standard diet
Registration Number
NCT03123432
Lead Sponsor
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Brief Summary

The survey is a phase IV, prospective randomized clinical trial to determine whether an immunomodulating nutrient-enriched diet compared to a standard diet can improve nutritional status and reduce postoperative infection and surgery-induced immune suppression in patients with gastric cancer or GIST undergoing major surgery in a single medical center.

Detailed Description

Primary Objective:

1. The primary end points:

To evaluate the effect of immunomodulating diets on the postoperative inflammatory response: including interleukin (IL)-6, C-reactive protein (CRP), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α).

2. Secondary Objectives:

(1). Biochemistry parameters: glucose,blood urine nitrogen, creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, triglycerides, cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, sodium, and leukocyte count.

(2). Nutritional status: albumin, prealbumin, BMI (3). Adverse events (4). Clinical outcomes: postoperative complications, time to first bowel action and length of hospital stay after surgery.

Number of Subjects: Eligible patients will be randomized in 2 arms in the ratio of 1:1, to reach 15 patients at least in each.

Plan of the Study:

1. This is a randomized, comparative, double blinded study in 2 arms.

2. Study Schedule Study date: the time getting approval letter issued by both regulatory authority and institutional review board (IRB). Duration of the study: 5 years.

3. Duration of Treatment: Treatment was administered before curative surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma or gastric GIST, and postoperative day 5-14 or to discharge whichever occurred first, or consent withdrawal during any time of the study, when the patient would be withdrawn.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
34
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age between 20-85 years old
  • Histologically proven primary gastric cancer or GIST.
  • Patients was planning to receive elective curative gastric surgery, such as partial gastrectomy, subtotal gastrectomy, proximal gastrectomy, total gastrectomy, etc.
  • Patient is able to understand the requirements of the study and written informed consent was obtained from each subject.
Exclusion Criteria
  • They were less than 20 years or over 85 years old
  • Hepatic dysfunction or bile stasis (serum total bilirubin >2.5 mg/dL)
  • Renal dysfunction (serum creatinine >1.5 mg/dL), or required hemodialysis
  • Cardiac dysfunction (NYHA functional class >III, or stroke history)
  • Severe hypoalbuminemia (albumin <2.5 g/dL)
  • Karnofsky performance status less than 60
  • Overweight (body mass index [BMI] >30 kg/m2)
  • Exhibited drug abuse or chronic alcoholism
  • Had life-threatening disease, or underwent emergent surgery
  • With infection or bowel obstruction
  • Pregnant or lactating
  • Had received chemotherapy within 14 days of the initiation of the trial
  • Had received immunosuppressive therapy or had immunological diseases recently
  • Had already participated in another clinical study with an investigational drug or an investigational medical device within a month of the initiation or during the study
  • Hypersensitive to casein, fish oil, soybean, or corn oil

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
immunomodulating nutrients enriched dietimmunomodulating nutrients enriched dietPatients received oral feeding with an ordinary diet plus 400 mL/day (400 kcal/day) of the immunomodulating nutrients enriched diet for 3-5 days before curative surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma or gastric GIST. On postoperative day 3, enteral nutrition (EN) was initiated with 5% glucose in water at a rate of 20 mL/h. On postoperative day 4, patients received a semi-liquid diet plus 400 mL/day (400 kcal/day) of the immunomodulating nutrients enriched diet. From postoperative day 5-14 or to discharge whichever occurred first, 1200 mL/day (1200 kcal/day) of the interventional diet was administered, and an oral soft diet was also administered if no postoperative complications developed and if oral feeding was not prohibited.
standard dietstandard dietPatients received oral feeding with an ordinary diet plus 400 mL/day (400 kcal/day) of the standard diet for 3-5 days before curative surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma or gastric GIST. On postoperative day 3, EN was initiated with 5% glucose in water at a rate of 20 mL/h. On postoperative day 4, patients received a semi-liquid diet plus 400 mL/day (400 kcal/day) of the interventional diet. From postoperative day 5-14 or to discharge whichever occurred first, 1200 mL/day (1200 kcal/day) of the standard diet was administered, and an oral soft diet was also administered if no postoperative complications developed and if oral feeding was not prohibited.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
immunomodulating effectsat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first

Inflammatory markers including interleukin (IL)-6, C-reactive protein (CRP), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were employed to assess inflammatory processes.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
blood low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in mg/mLat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood triglycerides (TG) in mg/dLat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood cholesterol in mg/mLat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in mg/mLat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood sodium (Na) mEq/Lat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood leukocyte count cells/μLat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood albumin in g/dLat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood prealbumin in mg/dLat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
length of hospital stay after surgeryat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first

length of hospital stay after surgery (days)

blood aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in U/Lat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in U/Lat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
postoperative complicationsat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first

postoperative complications that related to surgery

body mass index (BMI) in kg/m^2at discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood glucoseat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
blood urine nitrogenat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first
time to first bowel actionat discharge from the hospital or 14 days after surgery, whichever occurred first

interval of surgery to first bowel action (hours)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University:

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Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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