Clinical Trial: Additional Effects of Perioperative Immunonutrition in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Additional Effects of Perioperative Immunonutrition on Th1/Th2 Differentiation in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether perioperative immunonutrition has additional effects on cell-mediated immunity in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Detailed Summary: The investigators reported that perioperative immunonutrition had no additional effects compared with preoperative immunonutrition in patients underwent colorectal surgery (Braga M, Gianotti L, Vignali A, Carlo VD. Preoperative oral arginine and n-3 fatty acid supplementation improves the immunometabolic host response and outcome after colorectal resection for cancer. Surgery. 2002; 132:805-14, PMID: 12464864). Object of this study is to investigate the additional effects of perioperative immunonutrition on cell-mediated immunity and incidence of infectious complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Sponsor: Chiba University

Current Primary Outcome: plasma resolvin E1, cell-mediated immunity [ Time Frame: 30 days ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: infectious complication rate [ Time Frame: 30 days ]

Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Chiba University

Dates:
Date Received: October 5, 2013
Date Started: January 2013
Date Completion: September 2015
Last Updated: October 24, 2013
Last Verified: October 2013