NCT01766765

Early Jejunostomy Nutrition Minimizes Time to Chemotherapy

Fast-track Surgery Recovery Program With Early Jejunostomy Nutrition Protocol Minimizes Time to Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jinling Hospital, China · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) for gastric cancer is known to improve prognosis, and longer time to AC is associated with worse survival. However, most clinical trials mandate that AC is still to commence within 6 to 8 weeks after surgery consideration for malnutrition, postoperative complications and intolerance of AC. Placement of jejunostomy nutrition tube for enteral nutrition is a common component of these procedures, as a result of superior postoperative organ function, decreased infection rates, and a greater likelihood to complete AC with enteral nutritional support. Fast-track surgery (FTS) recovery program focuses on enhancing recovery and reducing morbidity. Introduction of FTS concepts are safe, feasible, and can achieve shorter hospital stays and reduced costs. Early postoperative enteral nutrition combined with FTS results in reductions in total complications compared with traditional postoperative feeding practices and does not negatively affect outcomes. However, the benefit of jejunostomy nutrition tube routine placement and combination with FTS is still being debated. Besides, there remains some controversy over the optimal combination of nutrients and duration and timing and routes of feed administration. The aim of this study was to determine whether FTS with early jejunostomy nutrition (EJN) following laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer improved postoperative recovery and minimizes time to AC when compared with FTS with early oral nutrition (EON).

Conditions

• Gastric Cancer
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Chemotherapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Jejunostomy	Routine placement of jejunostomy tube following laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Immediately drip 37°C saline 20 ml/h and exchange to drip 37°C enteral nutrition fluid 20 ml/h at postoperative 6 h via jejunostomy tube
OTHER	Early oral nutrition	Free oral nutrition as tolerance allows on POD 1.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-04-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2013-01-11
• Last updated: 2013-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China