Status:
UNKNOWN
Feeding Schedules After Surgery in Patients With Gynecologic Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
European Institute of Oncology
Conditions:
Female Reproductive Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Up to 75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting may be lessened by waiting after surgery before eating foods by mouth. It is not yet known which feeding schedule is more effective in patients underg...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * To investigate the relationship between the different policies of realimentation (early oral feedings versus traditional feedings) and the length of hospital stay following a l...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Preoperative diagnosis for probable gynecologic pathology
- No benign pathology or final histopathology diagnosis confirmed as non-gynecologic disease
- Admitted to the European Institute of Oncology
- Elected to undergo laparotomic surgery
- No total or anterior pelvic exenteration
- No emergency laparotomy
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- No metabolic pathology (e.g., diabetes mellitus type I)
- No preoperative ASA score ≥ 4
- No preoperative infection
- No severe malnutrition (weight loss \> 10% within the past 3 months)
- No preoperative intestinal obstruction
- No postoperative admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for more than 24 hours
- No severe concomitant medical condition
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior abdominal and/or pelvis radiotherapy
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00742677
Start Date
January 1 2007
Last Update
September 20 2013
Active Locations (1)
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European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy, 20141