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- Title
Ready-to-Use Multichamber Bags in Home Parenteral Nutrition for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Single-Center Prospective Study.
- Authors
Fernández-Argüeso, María; Gómez-Bayona, Elena; Ugalde, Beatriz; Vega-Piñero, Belén; Gil-Díaz, Mayra; Longo, Federico; Pintor, Rosario; Botella-Carretero, José I.
- Abstract
Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is increasingly prescribed for patients with advanced cancer. This therapy improves free-fat mass, quality of life and survival, but it is not free from complications, especially catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs). The use of commercial multichamber bags in HPN has not been extensively explored in oncologic patients and their association with complications is not well known. In this prospective cohort study, we included 130 patients with advanced cancer and HPN. We compared the effects of individual compounded bags (n = 87) vs. commercial multichamber bags (n = 43) on complications. There were no differences in any complication, including thrombosis (p > 0.05). There were 0.28 episodes of CRBSI per 1000 catheter days in the individual compounded bag group and 0.21 in the multichamber bag group (p > 0.05). A total of 34 patients were weaned off HPN, 22 with individual bags and 12 with multichamber bags (p = 0.749). Regarding survival when on HPN, the group with individual bags showed a median of 98 days (95% CI of 49–147), whereas those with multichamber bags showed a median of 88 days (95% CI of 43–133 (p = 0.913)). In conclusion, commercial multichamber bags for HPN in patients with advanced cancer are non-inferior when compared to individual compounded bags in terms of complications.
- Subjects
PARENTERAL feeding equipment; THROMBOSIS risk factors; CATHETER-related infections; CONFIDENCE intervals; HOME care services; NUTRITION; LEAN body mass; SURGICAL complications; CANCER patients; QUALITY of life; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; TUMORS; LONGITUDINAL method; BLOODBORNE infections; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Nutrients, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 3, p457
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu16030457