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Major Abdominal/GI SurgeryNCT03692507

Effects of Nutritional Preconditioning on the Patient's Outcomes After Surgery

A study testing HMB, Protein and HMB and ERAS in people with Major Abdominal/GI Surgery, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Malnutrition is a serious problem in patients undergoing major surgeries and has a direct association with increased morbidity, mortality, length of stay (LOS), increased readmissions and cost of care. Studies suggest several advantages of supplementation with protein or specific amino acids in malnourished patients. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Major Abdominal/GI Surgery
What is being tested?
HMB, Protein and HMB and ERAS
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
20 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
30 Jul 2021to 30 Dec 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Dr. Amir Fathi as attending surgeon
  • Adult patients (age >18) undergoing major abdominal and GI surgeries
  • Patients at risk for malnutrition based on the ASPEN and The Academy malnutrition criteria

Who cannot join

  • Pediatric patients
  • Patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation
  • Patients with known allergies to products (Ensure Enlive, HMB)
  • Patients that are unable to comply with all requirements
  • Vegan patients
  • Pregnant patients
  • Prisoners

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Amir H Fathi, MD contact

(559) 256-5140

AFathi@fresno.ucsf.edu

Shabnam Pooya, PhD contact

9099915887

shabnampooya@csufresno.edu

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Community Regional Medical Center

    Fresno, California, 93721

    Amir Fathi, Co-PI, 559-256-5140, AFathi@fresno.ucsf.edu

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Effects of Nutritional Preconditioning on the Nutritional Status of Patients Undergoing Major General Surgeries and Subsequent Operative Outcomes

Malnutrition is a serious problem in patients undergoing major surgeries and has a direct association with increased morbidity, mortality, length of stay (LOS), increased readmissions and cost of care. Studies suggest several advantages of supplementation with protein or specific amino acids in malnourished patients. Dietary leucine or its metabolite β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate (HMB) can improve skeletal muscle mass and function by increasing transcriptional level of protein synthase, while other high protein or amino acids like Glutamine or Arginine supplements only provide protein-amino acids pool for patients while body's preferred fuel during metabolic stress is endogens protein, rather than exogenous diet.

In this study the investigators seek to achieve two distinct goals:

  1. Determine the patients' nutritional status before and after major surgeries by baseline and subsequent nutritional assessments, according to ASPEN's criteria. In addition, the investigators were going to use indirect calorimetry to determine the Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) in different phases of pre- and postoperative periods. The investigators also propose to compare different serum protein markers and their ratios in order to correlate them with ASPEN's criteria for nutritional status quantification. In Summary, three discrete tools including ASPEN's criteria, indirect calorimetry, and serum biomarkers are going to be used in conjunction with each other to delineate the patients' nutritional status in various pre- and post-operative periods.
  2. Patients undergoing major surgeries were supplemented with high protein with ß-hydroxy ß-methylbutyrate (HMB) (Ensure, Envile) or HMB only as a control, in order to improve their nutritional status and improve postoperative outcomes. The investigators looked for depict meaningful improvements in surgical outcomes by nutritional supplementation with or without HMB.
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Hypotheses:

We hypothesize that patients receiving high protein nutritional supplementation with HMB (Ensure Enlive) will have meaningful improvements in surgical outcomes rather than if they receive HMB only. Also, by comparing different methods of malnutrition designation, we are hypothesizing that by conduction this study, we will have a better understanding of malnutrition and its consequences in the Central Valley of California. Furthermore, we are planning to improve patient outcomes and significantly reduce the health care costs of the Valley by proper nutritional supplementation.

Specific Aims:

Demonstrate the important role β-hydroxy β-methyl butyrate (HMB) supplementation with or without high protein nutrition supplement in patients undergoing major surgeries and their outcomes.

Develop the current ERAS protocol used in Community Regional Medical Center by determining the best oral nutrition supplement prior to surgery Emphasize the importance of using oral nutrition supplements before major surgeries to decrease the patient's recovery after surgeries.

Being tested
HMB, Protein and HMB, ERAS
Keywords
HMB: β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate, MNA: Mini Nutrition Assessment, GMS: Graz Malnutrition Screening, MUST: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, MST: Malnutrition Screening Tool, SGA: Subjective Global Assessment, REE: Resting Energy Expenditure, IC: Indirect calorimetry

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • HMBDietary supplement

    Patients in the first group (HMB only) will take 3 capsules of HMB by VitaMonk™ (1000mg/capsule) daily (morning, noon, and night) for 5 days prior to surgery.

  • Protein and HMBDietary supplement

    Patients in the second group (HMB + protein) will drink 2- 8oz bottles of Ensure Enlive daily (morning and night) for 5 days prior to surgery. Each bottle contains 1500mg of HMB and 20 g of protein.

  • ERASDietary supplement

    Also called Protein

    Patients in the third group (High protein) will drink 2- 8oz bottles of Ensure surgery daily (morning and night) for 5 days prior to surgery. Each bottle contains 18g of protein. and a clear 50g Pre-surgery drink on the day of surgery

Study groups in NCT03692507
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
HMB onlyExperimentalTaking HMB supplements three times a day
Receives: Dietary Supplement: HMB
Protein and HMBExperimentalDrinking Ensure Enlive shakes
Receives: Dietary Supplement: Protein and HMB
Current ERAS (High Protein)ExperimentalDrinking Ensure surgery shakes + Ensure pre-surgery
Receives: Dietary Supplement: ERAS

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Patient length of hospital stay

    Length of hospital stay (LOS) will be measured for all participating patients. Average LOS in the intervention group will be compared with the average LOS in the control group.

    Measured: day seven and day thirty after surgery

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Change in transcriptional key proteins expression level

    Western blot analysis of muscle obtained at biopsy from patients

    Measured: one year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Oct 2018
  2. Study start30 Jul 2021 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion1 Dec 2021 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Dec 2022 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
20 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03692507
Sponsor's protocol ID
2018006
Status last verified
Jun 2021
First submitted
5 Jun 2018
Last updated
2 Jul 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Studley HO. Percentage of weight loss: a basic indicator of surgical risk in patients with chronic peptic ulcer. 1936. Nutr Hosp. 2001 Jul-Aug;16(4):141-3; discussion 140-1. No abstract available.

    PubMed 11680474
  • Fairfield KM, Askari R, Lipman TO, Sanfey H, Collins KA. Overview of perioperative nutritional support. UpToDate. Last full review/revision: September. 2014

  • Mueller C, Compher C, Ellen DM; American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Board of Directors. A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: Nutrition screening, assessment, and intervention in adults. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2011 Jan;35(1):16-24. doi: 10.1177/0148607110389335. No abstract available.

    PubMed 21224430
  • Corkins MR, Guenter P, DiMaria-Ghalili RA, Jensen GL, Malone A, Miller S, Patel V, Plogsted S, Resnick HE; American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Malnutrition diagnoses in hospitalized patients: United States, 2010. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014 Feb;38(2):186-95. doi: 10.1177/0148607113512154. Epub 2013 Nov 18.

    PubMed 24247093
  • Gomes F, Emery PW, Weekes CE. Risk of Malnutrition Is an Independent Predictor of Mortality, Length of Hospital Stay, and Hospitalization Costs in Stroke Patients. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2016 Apr;25(4):799-806. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.12.017. Epub 2016 Jan 18.

    PubMed 26796058
  • McWhirter JP, Pennington CR. Incidence and recognition of malnutrition in hospital. BMJ. 1994 Apr 9;308(6934):945-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.308.6934.945.

    PubMed 8173401
  • Gavazzi C, Colatruglio S, Valoriani F, Mazzaferro V, Sabbatini A, Biffi R, Mariani L, Miceli R. Impact of home enteral nutrition in malnourished patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer: A multicentre randomised clinical trial. Eur J Cancer. 2016 Sep;64:107-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.05.032. Epub 2016 Jul 5.

    PubMed 27391922
  • Keller H, Allard J, Vesnaver E, Laporte M, Gramlich L, Bernier P, Davidson B, Duerksen D, Jeejeebhoy K, Payette H. Barriers to food intake in acute care hospitals: a report of the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2015 Dec;28(6):546-57. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12314. Epub 2015 Apr 20.

    PubMed 25891798
  • Gropper SS, Smith JL. Advanced nutrition and human metabolism: Cengage Learning; 2012.

  • Schlein KM, Coulter SP. Best practices for determining resting energy expenditure in critically ill adults. Nutr Clin Pract. 2014 Feb;29(1):44-55. doi: 10.1177/0884533613515002. Epub 2013 Dec 12.

    PubMed 24336442
  • Burden S, Todd C, Hill J, Lal S. Pre-operative nutrition support in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Nov 14;11:CD008879. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008879.pub2.

    PubMed 23152265
  • McClave SA, Martindale RG, Kiraly L. The use of indirect calorimetry in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2013 Mar;16(2):202-8. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32835dbc54.

    PubMed 23340008
  • Fraipont V, Preiser JC. Energy estimation and measurement in critically ill patients. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2013 Nov;37(6):705-13. doi: 10.1177/0148607113505868. Epub 2013 Oct 10.

    PubMed 24113283
  • Roller RE, Eglseer D, Eisenberger A, Wirnsberger GH. The Graz Malnutrition Screening (GMS): a new hospital screening tool for malnutrition. Br J Nutr. 2016 Feb 28;115(4):650-7. doi: 10.1017/S0007114515004924. Epub 2015 Dec 14.

    PubMed 26652856
  • Karsegard VL, Ferlay O, Maisonneuve N, Kyle UG, Dupertuis YM, Genton L, Pichard C. [Simplified malnutrition screening tool: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)]. Rev Med Suisse Romande. 2004 Oct;124(10):601-5. French.

    PubMed 15573502

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing HMB, Protein and HMB and ERAS in people with Major Abdominal/GI Surgery, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jul 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Amir H Fathi, MD ((559) 256-5140, AFathi@fresno.ucsf.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Patient length of hospital stay (time frame: day seven and day thirty after surgery). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03692507, which also lists 34 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Jul 2021.

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