Enrico Morello, Francesco Arena, Michele Malagola, Mirko Farina, Nicola Polverelli, Elsa Cavagna, Federica Colnaghi, Lorenzo Donna, Tatiana Zollner, Eugenia Accorsi Buttini, Marco Andreoli, Chiara Ricci, Alessandro Leoni, Emanuela Samarani, Alice Bertulli, Daria Leali, Simona Bernardi, Domenico Russo
Malnutrition is common after allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (alloHSCT), and interventions directed to correct nutritional status are warranted to improve transplant outcomes. In this prospective study, an oral polymeric formulation enriched with TGF-β2 (TE-OPF) was explored to correct malnutrition according to Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA). TE-OPF was proposed to 51 consecutive patients who received transplants at our institution for hematological malignancies, and sufficient dose intake was established per protocol as at least 50% of the prescribed dose of TE-OPF: group A received adequate nutritional support; group B, inadequate...
August 31, 2022: Nutrients