Status:
COMPLETED
Immunonutrition in Cardiac Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Conditions:
Thoracic Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Effect of two preoperative oral immune-enhancing nutritional supplements in patients at high risk of infection after cardiac surgery: a randomized placebo-controlled study. Introduction: In our first...
Detailed Description
Objective To study the effect of two preoperative immune enhancing nutritional supplements compared with a control nutritional supplement in 'high risk' risk cardiac surgery patients Introduction: El...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients undergoing cardiac surgery with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass, who met one of the following criteria
- age \>= 70 years
- poor left ventricular function (ejection fraction \< 0.4)
- mitral valve replacement
Exclusion
- Age =\< 21 years
- Pregnancy
- Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
- Hepatic Cirrhosis
- Known malignancy
- Use of chemotherapy, NSAIDs (except ASA), or corticosteroids
- Schizophrenia
- Severe renal failure (creatinine clearance \< 25 mL/h) before study entrance
- Patients with an organ transplantation in the past
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 1996
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
December 1 1998
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00247793
Start Date
July 1 1996
End Date
December 1 1998
Last Update
November 2 2005
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
Cardiopulmonary Surgery, Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, 1105 AZ