Abstract
Inoperable maliganant bowel obstruction (IBO) is very common in ovarian cancer patients. A lack of guidelines and research in this area means that nutrition support for patients with IBO is challenging. Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the recommended route for patients with a prognosis of > 2 months1, otherwise patients are encouraged to drink sips of clear fluids only. An elemental diet (ED) is licensed for strictures in Crohn’s disease and been used in one case report of a pregnant woman in bowel obstruction2. The aim of the EDMONd study was to evaluate ED as an alternative to PN in patients with IBO and to provide a ‘Proof of Concept’ of ED as an acceptable feeding option.