Status:

UNKNOWN

Feasibility Study Comparing Enteral vs Parenteral Nutritional Outcomes in Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Patients

Lead Sponsor:

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

Conditions:

Malignant Hematologic Neoplasm

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study will highlight that Enteral Nutrition (EN) is as effective in nutritionally supporting as Parenteral Nutrition (PN) in this group of patients undergoing an autologous hematopoietic stem cel...

Detailed Description

This will be a pilot open randomized study. The study will be conducted at the inpatient setting at London Health Sciences Centre in London, ON. Forty patients will be randomized in permutated blocks ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All adult patients aged 18 to 75 years.
  • Patients admitted to Victoria Hospital undergoing AHSCT on C7 unit.
  • Patient consented to participate in the study
  • Patients diagnosed with the following conditions: Non- Hodgkin's Lymphoma (all types), Hodgkin's Lymphoma (all subtypes) and Multiple Myeloma
  • Patients receiving any of the following: Conditioning chemotherapy: Melphalan, Etoposide/Melphalan, or Carmustine, Etoposide, Cytarabine, Melphalan
  • Have a functional Gastrointestinal tract

Exclusion

  • Intestinal obstruction
  • Patients with nasal deformities, tumors of nasal tracts or upper nare obstruction.
  • Patients with active bacteremia while proceeding with transplant
  • Patients with active malignancy of Upper GI tract, not in remission as evidenced by recent imaging studies (\< 4 weeks)
  • Patients with any GI bleeding, paralytic ileus, obstruction, or any other GI condition which excludes use of the GI system for nutritional support as these patients will require PN feeding only and cannot be randomized

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 20 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04024618

Start Date

August 20 2019

End Date

December 31 2020

Last Update

March 31 2020

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London Health Sciences Centre-Victoria Hospital

London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5W9