NCT00559520

The Role of Preoperative Oral Immunonutrition in Major Vascular Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The role of preoperative oral immunonutrition in major vascular surgery. The mean purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of post-operative infection complications after major vascular surgery in group of patients with preoperative oral immunonutrition. This group was compared to a control group. Secondary purpose was to evaluate the effect of preoperative oral immunonutrition on postoperative mortality (30 days), the medium length of stay in the hospital and the cost of treatment in the two groups

Conditions

• Undernutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Impact	Patient receiving 3 drinks "Impact" a day during 5 days before surgery
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Oral Impact	Patient receiving 3 drinks "Oral Impact" a day during 5 days before surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-02-01
• Primary completion: 2011-11-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2007-11-16
• Last updated: 2011-12-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France