NCT06467552

Effects of Nutritional Support on Postoperative Delirium

Effects of Nutritional Support on Postoperative Delirium (POD) in Elderly Non-cardiac Surgical patients_non-inferiority Comparison

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 314 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Yonsei University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is a prospective, single-center, randomized controlled trial to compare whether applying nutritional supplementation therapy before and after surgery in elderly patients aged 65 years or older undergoing non-cardiac surgery can reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium.

Conditions

• Postoperative Delirium

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	control group	The entire process is carried out according to Severance Hospital surgical protocols.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Nucare Curact group	The entire process is carried out according to Severance Hospital surgical protocols. The patients of control group will receive education from the research team about the importance of nutrition and exercise before and after surgery. In addition, the patients of control group will be instructed to take up to 4 doses of the nutritional supplement (Nucare Curact provided by DAESANG Wellife Inc.) per day for approximately 2 weeks before surgery and for about 4 weeks after surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-01
• Primary completion: 2028-05-12
• Completion: 2028-05-12
• First posted: 2024-06-21
• Last updated: 2024-06-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea