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Can a simple shake before surgery help ovarian cancer patients?

NCT ID NCT03956095

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at whether it's possible to give ovarian cancer patients a special nutrition shake for seven days before their surgery. 23 patients took part to see if they would stick with the program. The goal was just to see if the program was doable, not to measure health benefits.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake supplements
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that a simple nutrition program before surgery is practical and might help patients recover better.
What could go wrong
This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 23 participants. It does not test if the supplements actually improve health outcomes, so results may not lead to any direct benefit.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

23 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

May 2019

Finished

Dec 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Eligible patients will include those who present to MSK for primary surgical management of ovarian cancer.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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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: * Age ≥ 18 * Scheduled to undergo primary surgical debulking of ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer * Have a sufficient preoperative window during which the intervention can occur, with the last day of supplementation at least one and no more than two days prior to surgery; scheduling of the procedure should not be delayed due to participation in this investigation Exclusion Criteria: * Have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy * Debulking surgery scheduled less than 8 days from initial visit * Are scheduled for a minimally invasive procedure * Unable to tolerate oral intake or have gastrointestinal issues that would prevent or prohibit oral supplement consumption * Have diabetes mellitus * Have allergies to the Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake supplement * Have galactosemia

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

fallopian tube cancer ovarian cancer primary peritoneal carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Debulking surgery for ovarian cancer

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Baptist Alliance MCI

    Miami, Florida, 33143, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (All Protocol Activities)

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)

    Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

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