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Postoperative Artificial Nutrition After Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Not Applicable
Conditions
Pancreatic Disease
Interventions
Procedure: Total parenteral nutrition
Procedure: Enteral nutrition
Registration Number
NCT01580527
Lead Sponsor
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Brief Summary

Pancreaticoduodenectomy is a major surgery burdened by important morbidity and mortality partially related to the altered nutritional status of the patients. The perioperative malnutrition is a major risk factor of postoperative complications and worsens the prognosis of the patients. The perioperative artificial nutrition has for objectives to correct the preoperative malnutrition, and to maintain the nutritional status in the post-operative period. The current guidelines in surgery are in favour of a realisation of a perioperative artificial nutrition support that privilege the enteral nutrition. However, after pancreaticoduodenectomy, the total parenteral nutrition remains most usually used in the early postoperative period, although rare studies suggest a benefit of the enteral nutrition in term of reduction of the post-operative complications. Indeed, no recommendation was formulated concerning early enteral nutrition after pancreaticoduodenectomy because few studies were realized on its profits.

The data of the literature report rates of complications (essentially major) from 49 % to 59 % after major digestive surgery (not only pancreatic) on patients having received a total parenteral nutrition versus rates from 34 to 43.8 % in patients having received an early enteral nutrition.

A preliminary prospective study realized in the investigators centre showed a rate of 74 % complication versus 44 %, respectively in the total parenteral nutrition and early enteral nutrition groups (50 patients in every group, with p \< 0.01. All the complications were listed prospectively).

Hypothesis :

The early enteral nutrition will allow, after pancreaticoduodenectomy, a decrease of, at least, 19 % complications of any stage according to the classification of Dindo-Clavien (59 % versus 40 %).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
220
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female patients more than 18 years of age.
  • Pancreatic surgery by pancreaticoduodenectomy.
  • Patient affiliated to a mode of the social security or receiving of such a mode.
  • Having given written informed consent prior to any procedure related to the study
Exclusion Criteria
  • ASA score ≥4
  • Pregnant women
  • Patient who cannot give written informed consent.
  • Concomitant participation in a biomedical study being able to interfere with this research
  • Patient less than 18 years of age or more than 18 years of age, protected by the Law, under guardianship

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
total parenteral nutritionTotal parenteral nutrition-
Early enteral nutritionEnteral nutrition-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of patients presenting one or several postoperative complications90 days

Data recorded during the period of hospitalization (an expected average of 3 weeks) and until control visit 3 months after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pancreatic fistulaswithin the hospitalization time after the surgery (an expected average of 3 weeks)

evaluation of the occurrence of pancreatic fistulas, grade B and C, in both groups of patients

Nutritional status90 days

weight, BMI, Index of Nutritional Risk, blood albumin and prealbumin, during the period of hospitalization (an expected average of 3 weeks) and until control visit 3 months after surgery

gastroparesiswithin the hospitalization time after the surgery (an expected average of 3 weeks)

defined as the presence of the nasogastric probe 10 days after the surgery

Time frame of resumption of the intestinal bowel motionwithin the hospitalization time after the surgery (an expected average of 3 weeks)

daytime of resumption of flatulencies and\\or stools

Infectious complicationswithin the hospitalization time after surgery (an expected average of 3 weeks)

Percentage of patients presenting an infectious complication, and type of infectious complication

Evaluation of the severity of the complicationswithin the hospitalization time after the surgery (an expected average of 3 weeks)

according to classification of Dindo-Clavien

Hemorrhagic complicationswithin the hospitalization time after the surgery (an expected average of 3 weeks)

evaluation of the occurrence of hemorrhagic complications, grade B and C, in both groups of patients

Duration of hospital staywithin the hospitalization time after the surgery (an expected average of 3 weeks)
Time frame of resumption of the oral food and artificial nutrition weaningwithin the hospitalization time after the surgery (an expected average of 3 weeks)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Unité de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Pancréatique Hopital Edouard Herriot

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LYON cedex 03, France

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