Clinical Trial: Olive Oil Before Lung Cancer Surgery to Prevent Chylothorax

U.S., Sept. 9 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07807696) titled 'Olive Oil Before Lung Cancer Surgery to Prevent Chylothorax' on Aug. 31.

Brief Summary: Chylothorax is a rare but serious complication after lung cancer surgery and mediastinal lymph node dissection. This multicenter randomized trial will evaluate whether drinking 40 mL of extra-virgin olive oil 4 hours before surgery can reduce the occurrence of chylothorax after curative lung cancer resection. A total of 1,036 adults with resectable lung cancer will be assigned in a 1:1 ratio to preoperative oral olive oil or standard preoperative fasting without additional olive oil. The primary outcome is the occurrence of chylothorax within 30 ...