Home Parenteral Nutrition in Cancer Patients

Southwestern Regional Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Home Parenteral Nutrition

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01152879

SRMC 10-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is being done to examine the effect of Parenteral (intravenous) nutrition support in the home setting on quality of life in cancer patients. In addition, this study is being done to examine the effect of home parenteral nutrition on the use of pain and anti-nausea medication.

Full description

This is a prospective descriptive non-randomized clinical study to examine quality of life outcomes and use of pain and anti-emetic therapy for patients receiving HPN support. The EORTC QLQ-C30 will be used to evaluate quality of life. All subjects will be monitored monthly throughout the course of treatment for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 1 year.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with a cancer diagnosis who have been receiving parenteral nutrition in the hospital or have started on HPN while at Cancer Treatment Centers of America and meet the criteria for home parenteral nutrition.
• Patient expected to have a life expectancy of greater than 90 days post discharge.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients less than 18 years of age
• HPN patients who do not receive nutrition assessment and follow-up by the Coram Healthcare nutrition support team
• Refuse to participate

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Home Parenteral Nutrition

Description:

Patients receiving home parenteral nutrition

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Home Parenteral Nutrition