Overview

Enhancing the Anabolic Effect of Perioperative Nutrition With Insulin While Maintaining Normoglycemia

Status:
Active, not recruiting

Trial end date:
2022-04-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether adding insulin after current colorectal cancer surgery promotes making and keeping proteins in the body, and to find out whether or not this effect can be further increased by increasing the amount of protein given.

Phase:

Phase 4

Details

Lead Sponsor:

McGill University Health Center
McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Collaborator:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Treatments:

Amino-acid, glucose, and electrolyte solution
Anabolic Agents
Insulin
Insulin, Globin Zinc