Clinical trials: Surgery of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer
Esophageal Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms
Food Intake and Gut Hormones in Patients Who Have Undergone Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery for Cancer
Improvements to treatment strategies for patients upper gastrointestinal cancers have produced an increasing population of people who remain free from disease recurrence in the long term.
- Conditions
- Esophageal Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms, Weight Loss, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT02385617
- Testing
- Octreotide
- Where
- 2 sites in Ireland, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. James's Hospital, Ireland
Cancer Esophagus, Pancreatic Cancer
Effect of Chewing Gum on Postoperative Bowel Function Following Upper GI Tract Cancer Surgery
Every patient undergoing surgery in the abdomen will experience temporary paralysis of bowel function. This study evaluates whether chewing gum can reduce the bowel paralysis after surgery in patients undergoing either esophageal…
- Trial name
- NCT02260128
- Testing
- Chewing gum
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michael Bau Mortensen
Gastric Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
The Impact of Immunostimulating Nutrition on the Outcome of Surgery
The aim of the study was to assess the clinical effect of immunostimulatory enteral and parenteral nutrition in patients undergoing resection for gastrointestinal cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00558155
- Testing
- peptisorb, Stresson, Parenteral nutrition
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 214 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jagiellonian University
Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer
The Efficacy and Safety of Accufuser Omnibus® (Elastomeric Infusion Pump); Comparative Clinical Trial
Acute post-operative pain causes not only discomfort for the patient, but delays recovery by increasing the morbidity of the circulatory system, respiratory system, and immune system, so pain control is one of the important…
- Trial name
- NCT01976494
- Testing
- The domestic PCA equipment 'Accufuser Omnibus®', Imported PCA equipment 'Infusor SV®, Baxter, USA'
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University