Could a tailored diet before surgery boost liver cancer recovery?
NCT ID NCT06549829
First seen Aug 12, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a personalized nutrition plan, combined with exercise and psychological support before surgery, can improve outcomes for people with primary liver cancer. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either standard dietary advice or an enhanced program with oral nutritional supplements. The study tracks blood markers, walking ability, and complications after surgery to see if the prehabilitation approach helps patients recover faster and feel better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Nutritional optimization-led triple prehabilitation (dietary supplementation, exercise, and psychological support)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could reduce complications after liver cancer surgery, speed up recovery, and improve patients' quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center trial with 120 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention's benefit over standard care is uncertain, and some patients may not tolerate the nutritional supplements.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, China
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China
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