A randomized, double blind comparative study of prophylactic parenteral nutritional support with or without glutamine in autologous stem cell transplantation for hematological malignancies - three years´ follow-up*

Abstract

Our aim was to evaluate the possible significance of prophylactic parenteral nutrition (PN) in stem cells transplantation and the suggested advantage of glutamine supplementation in autologous transplant patients with hematologic malignancies.We have not found any clinically useful benefit of prophylactic PN and of glutamine supplementation in this group.