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CompletedNCT03630978

Impact of Sarcopenia on Postoperative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Liver Resection

The Impact of Sarcopenia, Body Composition and Other Biometric Parameters on the Postoperative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Liver Resection for Different Indications

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
251 (actual)
Sponsor
San Camillo Hospital, Rome · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The investigators will investigate the impact of different biometric parameters (Body mass index, sarcopenia, lean muscle mass, hand-grip strength, gait speed, fat composition) on the postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing liver resections. Major and minor liver resections will be considered as well as open and minimally invasive techniques. Benign and malignant indications will be included. Patients characteristics and perioperative variables will be considered for analysis. Short-term outcomes will be evaluated focusing on 90-days morbidity and mortality and readmission rate.

Detailed description

According to the null hypothesis, no difference in postoperative morbidity between the two groups would be expected. To calculate sample size, a 42% morbidity rate would be expected in sarcopenic patients while a 22% rate would be expected in the non-sarcopenic group. Considering a two-sided α=0.05 and β=0.1, the minimal sample size required to achieve statistical significance was 224 subjects. Considering a 10% drop-out rate of patients undergoing explorative laparoscopy or laparotomy without parenchymal resection a total of 249 patients will be required for completion of the study

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURELiver resectionMajor or minor, open or laparoscopic liver resection

Timeline

Start date
2018-07-01
Primary completion
2019-12-20
Completion
2019-12-20
First posted
2018-08-15
Last updated
2019-12-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03630978. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.