Effects on Glutamine on the Outcome of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2006-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The primary purpose of this project is to investigate if addition of glutamine, an amino acid, to standard parenteral nutrition, may improve the clinical outcome of the bone marrrow transplantation reducing the occurrence of veno-occlusive disease and severity of mucositis.

• Phase: N/A

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
• Collaborators: Fresienius Kabi HK Ltd; The University of Hong Kong

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients using busulfan and cyclophosphamide as conditioning.