Age and Gender Corrected Body Mass Index

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

650 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-07-31

Study Completion Date

2014-06-30

Brief Summary

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Esophagectomy for cancer is often accompanied with severe preoperative weight loss. Body Mass Index (BMI) values are age-independent and the same for both sexes. From the perspective that these two parameters should actually be taken into account too, we developed a model to calculate "age-gender specific BMI-percentiles" (AG-BMI) and tested this model in relation to survival outcome after esophagectomy for cancer.

Detailed Description

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Age-Gender specific BMI percentiles are more accurate compared to the current BMI classes in predicting Overall Survival (OS) after esophagectomy for cancer. Furthermore we believe in a more devastating impact on OS from underweight and not from overweight.

By preoperatively identifying risk patients for poorer OS, especially the non-tumoral deaths, this can be a tool to tailor postoperative nutritional strategies to counter further weight loss and bringing postoperative weight to normal ranges.

Conditions

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Esophageal Cancer

Keywords

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Nutritional Disorders Feeding Behavior

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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AG-BMI < 10 pct

Patients who's peroperative BMI is less than the 10th centile

No interventions assigned to this group

AG-BMI >= 10th pct

Patients who's peroperative BMI equals or is greater than the 10th centile

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* any type of esophagectomy

Exclusion Criteria

* Preoperative organ metastasis (cM+ or yM+)
* esophageal bypass surgery

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

95 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Johnny Moons

Datamanager Thoracic Surgery

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Univresity Hospital Leuven - dept. Thoracic Surgery

Leuven, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

Other Identifiers

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AG-BMI

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id