Reducing short-term muscle loss after gastrointestinal cancer surgery: a two-phase study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2100046292

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2021-05-12

Start date

2021-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-12-21

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Conditions

gastrointestinal tumour

Interventions

phase II: intervention group:nutrition counseling and supervisedexercise

phase II: control group:No

phase I: case series:Nil

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Aged >= 18 years; 2.Undergoing elective gastric, esophageal or colorectal cancer surgery as the primary treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable to be measured for muscle strength due to physical deformity; 2. Have severe cardiopulmonary complications; 3. Have current psychiatric illness; 4. Receiving palliative surgery; 5. Have experienced more than 5% weight loss in the previous 6 months or 2%–5% weight loss with either a BMI of <20 kg/m2 or reduced muscle mass; 6. Receiving tube feeding currently; 7. Received preoperative radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy; 8. Unavailable for follow-up.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
body composition;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactPatsy Yates

p.yates@qut.edu.au+61 731383835

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026