Effect of a Perioperative Oral Nutritional Supplementation on Patients Undergoing Hepatic Surgery for Liver Cancer

PHASE2/PHASE3TerminatedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

35

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2003

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2008

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2008

Conditions
Liver CancerHepatocellular CarcinomaCirrhosisLiver Fibrosis
Interventions
DRUG

Oral Impact®

Oral nutritional supplement containing L-arginin, ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and nucleotides. Given three times a day for the 7 last preoperative and the first 3 postoperative days.

DRUG

Placebo

Oral solution of placebo. Given three times a day for the 7 last preoperative and the first 3 postoperative days.

Trial Locations (1)

35033

Service de Réanimation Chirurgicale - Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Ministry of Health, France

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

Novartis

INDUSTRY

lead

Rennes University Hospital

OTHER