Effect of a Nutritional Supplement on H&N Cancer Patients

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: behavior

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00296452

0033

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine if using a nutritionally enhanced supplement will improve mucositis in head and neck cancer patients

Full description

H&N cancer patients will be randomized to receive either a nutritionally enhanced product or standard treatment. The patients in both groups will receive nutritional counseling weekly by the RD. Anthropometric measures, available lab values, mucositis grade, and quality of life measures will be compared between groups.

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Head and neck cancer 1st.2nd wk Rx read &wrte eng

Exclusion criteria

• receiving hospice impaired cognition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)