Clinical trial · Interventional
Feeding Schedules After Surgery in Patients With Gynecologic Cancer
Early Oral Feeding After a Gynaecologic Oncologic Laparotomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT00742677CI-TRIAL-00012196unknownN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting may be lessened by waiting after surgery before eating foods by mouth. It is not yet known which feeding schedule is more effective in patients undergoing surgery. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is comparing two feeding schedules after laparotomy in patients with gynecologic cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female Reproductive Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| nutritional support | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Group 1 (early feeding)
- description
- Patients are offered a liquid diet on day 1 for 24 hours following surgery. Beginning on day 2, patients who tolerate a liquid diet are offered a light regular diet until hospital discharge.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: nutritional support
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Group 2 (traditional feeding)
- description
- Patients are offered nothing by mouth on days 1 and 2 following surgery. Beginning on day 3, patients are offered a liquid diet for 24 hours. Beginning on day 4, patients who tolerate a liquid diet (absence of nausea and vomiting) are offered a semi-solid diet for 24 hours. Beginning on day 5, patients who tolerate a semi-solid diet are offered a light regular diet until hospital discharge.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: nutritional support
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Preoperative diagnosis for probable gynecologic pathology * No benign pathology or final histopathology diagnosis confirmed as non-gynecologic disease * Admitted to the European Institute of Oncology * Elected to undergo laparotomic surgery * No total or anterior pelvic exenteration * No emergency laparotomy PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * No metabolic pathology (e.g., diabetes mellitus type I) * No preoperative ASA score ≥ 4 * No preoperative infection * No severe malnutrition (weight loss \> 10% within the past 3 months) * No preoperative intestinal obstruction * No postoperative admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for more than 24 hours * No severe concomitant medical condition PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics * No prior abdominal and/or pelvis radiotherapy
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