Trial on Impact on the Hospital Stay, of an Early Oral Nutrition Protocol Applied to Patients After Total Gastrectomy. (DOPGT_2015)

Gastric Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: Impact on the Hospital Stay, of an Early Oral Nutrition Protocol Applied to Gastric Cancer Patients After Total Gastrectomy: A Prospective Randomized Control Trial (DOPGT_2015)

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to clarify the effect of early oral nutrition introduction after total gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients on the length of hospital stay, comparing an experimental group vs control group.

Clinical Trial Description

The total gastrectomy is a high complexity surgery that involves a high morbid-mortality. In our center, the postoperative management consisted in 1 week period of non oral intake and total parenteral nutrition. At the 7 day, an oral contrast image is performed to prove the correct function of the anastomosis, in witch case, a progressive oral diet is begin.

In the late 90s, the Fast-track concept (or multimodal perioperative patient care) was introduced in the surgical patients attempting to improve their postoperative course. This new concept includes the preoperative advices related to the surgery, the intensive mobilization after surgery, the early oral diet, and to avoid the routinary use of the nasogastric tube. Some groups have been trying to apply this Fast-track program sporadically in patients submitted to an elective total gastrectomy for gastric cancer, even do, there is still no good evidence to sport these practice.

Based on the reasons exposed before, the investigators design a prospective randomized controlled trial in gastric cancer patients underwent on a total gastrectomy comparing two groups. 24 hours after gastrectomy the investigators will administer oral methylene blue and if no evidence of drainage leakage the participants will be randomized into two groups: one of them with our classical postoperative management, and the other one implements an early oral nutrition protocol, having in considerations its effectiveness, security, and impact on the hospital stay. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Early Oral Nutrition After Total Gastrectomy
• Gastric Cancer
• Stomach Neoplasms

• NCT number: NCT03257280
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
• Contact: Leandre Farran Teixidor, PhD, MD
• Phone: +34-93-335-90-11
• Email: lfarran@bellvitgehospital.cat
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 20, 2017
• Completion date: September 2023