Nutritional supplement for treatment of cancer cachexia
AssigneeNew England Deaconess Hospital Corporation
InventorsBruce R. Bistrian, Vigen R. Babayan, George L. Blackburn
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Abstract
A method of treating cancer cachexia syndrome has been discovered. Total parenteral nutrition using structured lipids in place of long chain fatty acids as the primary lipid source provides improvements in nitrogens balance, plasma serum albumin levels, and glucose clearance rate.
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A method for providing nutritional support to patients suffering from cancer cachexia comprising the step of parenteral administration of a diet containing an effective amount of a structured lipid as its primary lipid calorie source, said structured lipid having the structure ##STR2## where at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 is a medium chain fatty acid, at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.2 is a .omega.3 long chain fatty acid, and the other of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of medium chain fatty acids, long chain fatty acids,.
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