The effect of postoperative 3 month home enteral nutrition on health related quality of life and nutritional status of esophageal cancer patients after receiving Ivor Lewis minimally invasive esophagectomy.
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN63015230 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN63015230 |
| Protocol serial number | N/A |
| Sponsor | Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine |
| Funder | Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (China) |
- Submission date
- 16/01/2016
- Registration date
- 01/03/2016
- Last edited
- 24/01/2019
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Plain English summary of protocol
Background and study aims
Nutrition support is extremely important for patients suffering from esophageal carcinoma (cancer of the food pipe), as between 60-85% of patients suffer from cachexia (weakness and wasting of the body) and preoperative (before surgery) malnutrition. After undergoing esophagectomy (surgical removal of all or part of the esophagus), people might find it difficult to eat due to complications such as asthenia (physical weakness and lack of energy), pain, anorexia, and problems with digestion. It has been reported that patients require 3 to 9 months to start eating in a regular way again (a defined eating pattern) after esophagectomy. Most patients lose more than 10-15 percent of their body mass index (BMI) within 6 months after the operation and are therefore at severe risk of becoming malnourished, which will adversely affect their quality of life. Early enteral nutrition (for example, by feeding tube) has been demonstrated to lower the risk of surgical complications, such as pneumonia, and has been shown to result in shorter hospital stays after surgery than with parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding). However, the potential benefits of home enteral nutrition and the effects of home enteral nutrition on quality of life after esophagectomy remain unclear. This study looks at whether early enteral nutrition will improve patients’ quality of life and reduce the risk of malnutrition.
Who can participate?
Adults diagnosed with esophageal carcinoma and about to have a esophagectomy.
What does the study involve?
Patients are allocated into one of two groups, depending on the wishes of the patients or surgeons, or due to safety concerns or personal preference. The first group have a surgical procedure called minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy and receive enteral nutrition both at the hospital and at home for 3 months. The second group had open esophagectomy and receive no enteral nutrition once back at home. All patients are assessed for malnutrition and quality of life 3 days before surgery, 2 weeks after surgery and again 3 months after surgery.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Possible benefits include an improvement in patients’ quality of life and a reduction in the risk of malnutrition. A possible risk is the development of a jejunostomy site enterocutaneous fistula.
Where is the study run from?
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (China)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
January 2014 to February 2016
Who is funding the study?
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (China)
Who is the main contact?
Professor Ming Wu
Contact information
Scientific
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
The Department of Thoracic Surgery
No. 88 Jiefang Road
Hangzhou
310009
China
 ORCID ID |
0000-0002-0732-9496 |
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Study information
| Primary study design | Interventional |
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| Study design | Single-center interventional study |
| Secondary study design | Non randomised study |
| Study type | Participant information sheet |
| Scientific title | Home enteral nutrition after minimally invasive esophagectomy can improve patients’ quality of life and reduce the risk of malnutrition. |
| Study objectives | Early enteral nutrition has been demonstrated to induce lower rates of surgical complications and has been shown to result in shorter postoperative hospital stays than with parenteral nutrition. However, the potential benefits of home enteral nutrition and the effects of home enteral nutrition on quality of life after esophagectomy remain unclear. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Ethics Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, 15/12/2013 |
| Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Nutritional support after esophagectomy |
| Intervention | Initially, patients were randomly allocated to receive one of the following: 1. MIE group: minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy and home enteral nutrition. In this group, patients were trained to give themselves enteral nutrition feeds at home. After discharge, the patients continued with home enteral nutrition with 500-1000kcal/d for 3 months. 2. OE group: patients were allocated to receive open esophagectomy. In this group, no home enteral nutrition was given to these patients after discharge. However, for ethics reasons, the allocation was permitted to be changed either by patients or by surgeons, due to safety concerns or for personal preference; the trial was therefore non-randomized. |
| Intervention type | Mixed |
| Primary outcome measure(s) |
1. The nutritional status, measured using the PG-SGA standard questionnaire, BMI, Albumin and Hemoglobin within 3 days prior to surgery, 2 weeks and 3 months after operation |
| Key secondary outcome measure(s) |
1. Outcomes for different surgical procedures , measured using the total hospital stay, time in the ICU, morbidity and mortality within 30 days |
| Completion date | 01/02/2016 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
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| Age group | Adult |
| Sex | All |
| Target sample size at registration | 140 |
| Key inclusion criteria | 1. Diagnosed with esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancer 2. Deemed suitable for potentially curative resection with intrathoracic anastomosis |
| Key exclusion criteria | 1. Patients with unresectable tumors 2. Patient older than 80 years old 3. Patients that needed cervical incision and anastomosis |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/01/2014 |
| Date of final enrolment | 01/08/2015 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- China
Study participating centre
No. 88 Jiefang Road
Hangzhou
310009
China
Results and Publications
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | Yes |
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| IPD sharing plan summary | Available on request |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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| Results article | results | 01/08/2018 | 24/01/2019 | Yes | No |
| Participant information sheet | Participant information sheet | 11/11/2025 | 11/11/2025 | No | Yes |
Editorial Notes
24/01/2019: Publication reference added
