Home Jejunostomy Feeding Following Esophagectomy/Gastrectomy

NCT ID: NCT01870817

Last Updated: 2014-12-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

54 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-07-31

Study Completion Date

2014-08-31

Brief Summary

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After surgery for oesophageal (gullet) or gastric (stomach) cancer, patients are routinely fed by means of a small feeding tube into the intestine (jejunostomy, JEJ) while they are in hospital. Current practice is to stop feeding once the patient leaves hospital, although the tube is left in place for the first 6 weeks. Most patients lose weight after surgery and have to learn to adjust to new eating habits and behaviours. A few patients have the JEJ feed restarted because of nutritional problems and this requires a further inpatient stay.

It is unknown whether every patient would benefit from this type of feeding at home. Previous studies have only assessed the value of JEJ feeding while patients are still in hospital. There is little known about the benefit of continuing JEJ feeding after discharge from hospital, although home feeding is not uncommon in other patient groups (eg. after a stroke).

The proposed study will provide initial information on patients' well being by measuring quality of life and factors such as change in body weight and dietary intake following a period of home JEJ feeding after surgery. Subjects recruited into the study will be placed, randomly, into a control group who receive current nutritional care (based on dietary advice and oral nutritional supplement drinks) or an intervention group who will receive home JEJ feeding for 6 weeks after hospital discharge, in addition to current treatment.

If subjects in the control group are experiencing problems eating at home, home feeding through the JEJ tube will be started as needed.

The study will also examine how surgery and JEJ feeding at home impact on the patient and carer(s) by means of questionnaires and interviews conducted in the patients' home.

Information obtained will assist in the design of a multicentre study. This intervention is considered important because it has the potential to benefit thousands of patients each year at a modest cost.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Esophageal Neoplasms

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Home jejunostomy feeding

Six weeks of post hospital discharge home enteral feeding

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Home jejunostomy feeding

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Control

Standard care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Home jejunostomy feeding

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* planned esophagectomy or total gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma or squamous carcinoma
* suitable for home enteral nutrition

Exclusion Criteria

* inability to provide written informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Leicester

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Sheffield

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Warwick

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospitals, Leicester

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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David J Bowrey, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University Hospitals, Leicester

Locations

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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Baker ML, Halliday V, Robinson P, Smith K, Bowrey DJ. Nutrient intake and contribution of home enteral nutrition to meeting nutritional requirements after oesophagectomy and total gastrectomy. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2017 Sep;71(9):1121-1128. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.88. Epub 2017 Jun 28.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28656968 (View on PubMed)

Bowrey DJ, Baker M, Halliday V, Thomas AL, Pulikottil-Jacob R, Smith K, Morris T, Ring A. A randomised controlled trial of six weeks of home enteral nutrition versus standard care after oesophagectomy or total gastrectomy for cancer: report on a pilot and feasibility study. Trials. 2015 Nov 21;16:531. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-1053-y.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26590903 (View on PubMed)

Bowrey DJ, Baker M, Halliday V, Thomas AL, Pulikottil-Jacob R, Smith K. Six weeks of home enteral nutrition versus standard care after esophagectomy or total gastrectomy for cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 May 24;15:187. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-187.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24885032 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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PB-PG-0610-22480

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

12447

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

34769

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id