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Effectiveness of a Nutritional Consultation and Exercise Program in Esophageal Cancer Patient

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National Taiwan University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Esophageal Cancer

Treatments

Behavioral: nutritional consultation and exercise program
Behavioral: usual care

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01952210
201205017RIC

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this randomized pilot study, a nutritional consultation combining exercise program is planned for 25 locally advanced esophageal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiation. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of nutritional and exercise intervention in locally advanced esophageal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiation.

Full description

Patients with esophageal cancer are often malnourished at presentation due to the primary symptom of dysphagia. Treatments for esophageal cancer are commonly multimodal, incorporating polychemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. These treatments frequently cause or exacerbate poor nutritional status. Recent literature has proved that malnutrition is associated with longer hospital stays, reduced responses to and increased complications from therapies, increased costs, worse quality of life and lower survival rate. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an intensive nutritional consultation and exercise program on nutritional status and outcomes in patients undergoing chemoradiation for esophageal cancer.

Enrollment

56 patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of locally advanced esophageal cancer, neoadjuvant chemoradiation is indicated
  • Informed consent signed

Exclusion criteria

  • stage IV, underwent palliative chemotherapy or radiotherapy patient
  • clinically significant cardiac or pulmonary disease
  • Unable to walk or exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

56 participants in 2 patient groups

nutrition consultation and exercise program
Experimental group
Description:
individual nutritional consultation and exercise
Treatment:
Behavioral: nutritional consultation and exercise program
usual care
Active Comparator group
Description:
pre-CCRT education included self-care during CCRT and body weight maintenance
Treatment:
Behavioral: usual care

Trial contacts and locations

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