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Gradual Versus Immediate Goal-dose Enteral Nutrition in Abdominal Surgery Patients

Gradual Versus Immediate Goal-dose Enteral Nutrition in Abdominal Surgery Patients: A Clinical Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03117348
Acronym
GIGENAS
Enrollment
411
Registered
2017-04-17
Start date
2017-04-15
Completion date
2019-02-16
Last updated
2020-09-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Digestive System Neoplasms, Enteral Nutrition, Postoperative Period

Keywords

Enteral Nutrition, Digestive System Neoplasms, Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Outcomes

Brief summary

Patients will be randomized to Gradual or immediate Goal-dose EN group at day 3 after abdominal surgery. Patients will receive Goal-dose EN gradually or immediately after abdominal surgery. Both groups will receive EN for 5 days except 80% of target energy delivered by oral feeding or patients are discharged from hospital. The primary and secondary outcomes will be collected.

Detailed description

Patients after abdominal surgery will receive enteral nutrition for 2 days, if she/he can tolerate 30% of goal-dose EN, then she/he will be randomized to Gradual or immediate Goal-dose EN group at day 3. Patients in Gradual Goal-dose EN group will receive increased calories gradually by EN and will reach the 80% of target energy by EN at day 8 while patients in immediate Goal-dose EN group will receive 100% of target energy by EN at day 3 after abdominal surgery. Both groups will receive EN for 5 days except 80% of target energy delivered by oral feeding or patients are discharged from hospital, whichever arrives first. The primary and secondary outcomes will be collected.

Interventions

OTHEREnteral nutrition

Patients in Gradual Goal-dose EN group will receive increased calories gradually by EN and will reach the 80% of target energy by EN at day 8 while patients in immediate Goal-dose EN group will receive 100% of target energy by EN at day 3 after abdominal surgery. Both of the two group will receive EN for 5 days except 80% of target energy delivered by oral feeding or patients are discharged from hospital, whichever arrives first.

Sponsors

Peking Union Medical College Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Chinese PLA General Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
CollaboratorOTHER
Xijing Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
West China Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Xinqiao Hospital of Chongqing
CollaboratorOTHER
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
CollaboratorOTHER
Changhai Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Shanghai 10th People's Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
CollaboratorOTHER
First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
Jinling Hospital, China
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Informed consent of patients or their legal representatives to participate in this study. 2. patients undergoing selective operation without trauma 3. patients following medium or major abdominal surgery 4. NRS 2002≥ 3

Exclusion criteria

1. Psychiatric disorders 2. Pregnancy or breast-feeding women 3. Malnutrition 1. Weight loss \>10%-15% in 6 months 2. BMI\<18.5 3. SGA score with stage C 4. Albumin \< 30g/L 4. Unstable vital signs or unstable hemodynamics (such as systolic blood pressure \< 90 mmHg or mean arterial pressure \< 70 mmHg after rapid 500 ml crystal or 200 ml gel infusion, or the 50% increase of vascular active drug infusion rate in an hour, etc) 5. Refuse to participate in the study 6. Mortality rates expected to more than 50% in 6 months with malignant or irreversibility diseases 1. Cancer in terminal stage or 2. HIV positive at end-stage or CD4 \< 50/mm3 3. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before cardiac arrest and nervous system function not fully recovery 4. Four levels of physical activity of the patients defined by New York heart association 5. Rely on breathing machine because of chronic diseases 7. Life expectancy less than 24 hours of dying patients 8. Refractory shock to meet any of the following article 1. The infusion rate of dopamine \> 15 ug/kg/min 2. The infusion rate of dobutamine \> 15 ug/kg/min 3. The infusion rate of epinephrine and norepinephrine \> 30 ug/min 4. The infusion rate of phenylephrine \> 50 ug/min 5. The infusion rate of milrinone \> 0.5 ug/kg/min 6. The infusion rate of vasopressin \> 0.04 U/min 7. Inter aortic ballon pump (IABP) 9. Hepatic insufficiency (alanine/aspartate transaminase/bilirubin 200% above normal range) 10. Renal insufficiency(creatinine 200% above normal range) 11. Metabolic diseases(hyperthyroidism/ hypothyroidism, adrenal cortex disorders) 12. EN can not reach 30% of target energy in 48 hours after surgery 13. Burn area exceeding 20% of the patient's body surface 14. Autoimmune diseases or immune dysfunction or history of organ transplantation 15. International standardization ratio (INR) more than 3.0 or platelet count \< 30000 cells/mm3 or other hemorrhagic diathesis 16. Intracranial hemorrhage one month before enrolment 17. General contraindications to infusion therapy or history of severe allergy against ingredients of enteral and parenteral nutrition 18. Has already participated in another clinical trial 19. Has started to nutritional support therapy before enrolment 20. Diabetes mellitus (anamnestic and/or under medical treatment)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Morbidity of infectionFrom date of randomization until the date of infection from any cause, assessed up to 2 months.Invasion of the host organism by microorganisms that can cause pathological conditions or diseases.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Actual calories intakeDuring the intervention, assessed up to 2 months.The total energy patients received during the intervention.
Scale the frequency of gastrointestinal intoleranceDuring the intervention, assessed up to 2 months.Diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal distention or cramping and abdominal pain.
Laboratory examinationAt the date of patients enrollment and after intervention, assessed up to 2 months.Albumin, pre-albumin, transferrin and retinol conjugated protein
Length of stay in hospitalFrom date of operation until the date of patients discharged from hospital, assessed up to 12 months.The length of patients stay in hospital
MortalityFrom date of randomization until the date of death, assessed up to 2 months after patients discharged from hospital.All deaths reported in all enrolled patients.

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026