Nutritional Supplementation to Improve Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorIstituto Clinico Humanitas
About this trial
This study aims to explore the effectiveness of perioperative Oral Nutritional Supplementation (ONS) combined with an optimized, tailored diet in reducing the risk of postoperative complications and improving the nutritional status of colorectal cancer patients scheduled for curative colorectal resection.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Participants aged more than 18 years old.
Histological diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma.
Participants scheduled for elective minimally invasive colorectal resection.
Participants with a preoperative MUST score equal to or below 2.
Disqualifiers
Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the study procedures.
Emergent surgery.
Planned open surgery. Participants undergoing unplanned surgical conversion (from minimally invasive to open) will be withdrawn from the study.
Any concomitant surgery unrelated to the primitive colorectal cancer (for example, concomitant liver metastasis resection).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Diet Optimization (DO)
- Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS)
Treatment groups
190 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov