NCT03438201

Protein Intake Associated With Physical Activity Related to Specific Outcomes

The Efficiency of Different Amount of Protein Intake Associated With a Physical Activity Protocol in Surgical Cancer Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit : Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 126 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a Randomized Controlled Trial . The purpose of this study is to assess the hypothesis that whether a high protein diet combined with a physical activity protocol in surgical cancer patients admitted to the ICU in the post operative period is associated with better physical function at the hospital discharge as well as a better quality of life.

Detailed description

Surgical cancer patients will be categorized by their nutritional risk using a specific screening toll. During the hospital stay some measurements will be done. Such as resting energy expenditure (REE) before and after surgery; physical function evaluation; strength and quality of life. The proposed intervention is a post operative diet with a different amount of protein (diet with a standard amount of protein and a diet with high amount of protein) associated to an institutional protocol of physical activity.

Conditions

• Cancer
• Critically Ill
• Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Intervention	Enteral feeding that will give the patient the amount of protein between 2.0 - 2.5 Kg/body weight/Day
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Control	Enteral feeding that will give the patient the amount of protein between 1.0 - 1.2 Kg/body weight/Day

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-04
• Primary completion: 2018-10-12
• Completion: 2020-04-30
• First posted: 2018-02-19
• Last updated: 2018-02-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil