Nutritional management and rehabilitation after esophageal cancer surgery

JRCT ID: jRCT1030220176

Registered date:02/07/2022

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Pending
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Esophageal Cancer
• Date of first enrollment: 02/07/2022
• Target sample size: 60
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): long-term rehabilitation and nutritional management

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Relationship between rehabilitation intervention results and improved nutritional assessment

Secondary Outcome

1) Compliance rate with rehabilitation
2) Changes in nutritional indicators
3) Identification of groups in need of rehabilitation and nutrition intervention

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: > 20age old
• Age maximum: < 80age old
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1) The primary lesion is located in the cervical, thoracic esophagus, or esophagogastric junction (UICC-TNM, 8th edition).
2) Histopathologically diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma, adenosquamous cell carcinoma, or basal cell carcinoma.
3) The patient is scheduled to receive preoperative adjuvant therapy (chemotherapy, chemoradiotherapy) and radical open surgery (including specular surgery).
4) Written consent has been obtained from the patient.
5) Patient is 20 years of age or older and under 80 years of age.
6) Patient has a PS of 0 or 1.
7) Patients do not have active multiple cancers.
8) Patient has preserved organ function.

Exclude criteria

1) Inability to give consent to participate in the study
2) Difficulty in making regular visits to the hospital

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: SATO HIROSHI
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research