Standard and Immunostimulating Enteral Nutrition in Surgical Patients
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The aim of the study was to assess the clinical effect of immunomodulating enteral nutrition
in patients undergoing resection for gastrointestinal cancer. 196 subjects were randomly
assigned into two study groups: standard and immunostimulating. The study failed to
demonstrate any clear advantage of routine postoperative immunonutrition in patients
undergoing elective upper gastrointestinal surgery