Special drinks before surgery: do they really help?
NCT ID NCT05069402
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether giving patients a special nutritional drink before major surgery could lower the chance of complications like infections. Researchers studied 300 well-nourished adults who were in good health before their operation. The goal was to see if this type of nutrition actually makes a difference in recovery.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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300 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * no sign of malnutrition (defined as one of the following unintentional weight loss by at least 10% or body mass index (BMI) \< 18), * good general status (Karnofsky Performance Index \> 80, * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) grade 0 or 1); * no confirmed neoplastic dissemination no severe concomitant disease (heart, lung, kidney, liver failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease \[COPD\], coronary aortic bypass graft \[CABG\], etc.), * no history of known allergies or drug intolerance to analyzed substances. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients malnourished or with metastatic disease, * pregnant, * in poor general status (Karnofsky \<80, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) \> 1), * recent history of severe heart, lung, kidney or liver failure, * history of allergies or drug intolerance
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Narodowy Instytut Onkologii
Krakow, Malopolska, 31-115, Poland
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Stanley Dudrick's Memorial Hospital
Skawina, Malopolska, 32-050, Poland
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