Status:

COMPLETED

Nutrition and Exercise Prehabilitation to Reduce Morbidity Following Major Liver Surgery in Sarcopenic Patients

Lead Sponsor:

San Camillo Hospital, Rome

Conditions:

Liver Cancer

Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

NEXPREM is a single-center non-blinded randomized controlled trial investigating preoperative exercise and nutrition for sarcopenic patients in major hepatic surgery for liver malignancies. Patients w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age \>18.
  • Sarcopenic patients diagnosed by both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
  • Patients with primary or secondary liver malignancies.
  • Patients undergoing major liver resections intended as 3 or more contiguous segments
  • Patients undergoing open, laparoscopic, or robotic resections.

Exclusion

  • Minor liver resections intended as less than 3 contiguous segments.
  • Patients with intrahepatic, hilar, or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas.
  • Patients with liver tumors for whom 6 weeks interval from diagnosis to surgery could not be waited (i.e., large HCCs on healthy livers not requiring preoperative portal vein occlusion, CRLM without preoperative administration of anti-VEGF drug who therefore do not require 6 weeks of chemotherapy washout)
  • Patients with benign liver lesions.
  • Patients undergoing extrahepatic liver resections.
  • Associating Liver Partition and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy (ALPPS) procedure.
  • Patients with physical disabilities, unable to exercise.
  • Patients with inadequate kidney function.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 15 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 15 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05281211

Start Date

March 15 2022

End Date

April 15 2025

Last Update

April 18 2025

Active Locations (2)

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San Camillo Hospital

Rome, Italy, Italy, 00100

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San Camillo Forlanini

Roma, RM, Italy, 00135