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Brief Title: Protein Supplements in Association With Prehabilitation Program for Cancer Patients Before Surgery
Official Title: Suppléments protéinés en Association d'un Programme de préhabilitation Avant la Prise en Charge Chirurgicale d'un Cancer
Study ID: NCT04812704
Brief Summary: The aim of study is to analyse the feasibility of the use of nutritionnal complements after exercices before surgery for cancer. Body composition, muscle function and muscle mass will be analyse too.
Detailed Description: A prospective study will be carried out including adult patients with neoplasia who should benefit in their therapeutic strategy from oncological surgery. About fifty patients will be recruited in the oncology / surgery department at the Saint-Luc University Clinics in Brussels. Patients will be assessed at the initial consultation and after the pre-habilitation period, ie the day before the operation. Dietary monitoring will be carried out in parallel with a physical and respiratory preparation program (prehabilitation) and the intake of protein nutritional supplements in the form of powder to be diluted will be carried out after each exercise session.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, , Belgium
Name: Yannick Deswysen, MD
Affiliation: Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR