Individual Dietary Counseling Based on Taste-tests in Patients With Hematological Cancer in Cytostatic Therapy (HCP)

University of Copenhagen

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hematological Malignancy

Treatments: Other: Standard care; Dietary Supplement: Taste-test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05364359

HCP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to investigate whether a simple taste-test will increase the intake of energy as part of the individual dietary counseling.

Full description

The investigators will investigate the tastes (umami, bitter, salty, sweet and sour) that the patients prefers in order to increase the energy intake and reduce the risk of weight loss and loss of fat-free mass for patients with hematological cancer.

The study will be conducted as a single blinded randomized controlled trial. 40 patients will be recruited, and will be divided into two groups; the intervention group and the control group. The patients will not know which group they belong to.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• Able to understand the "Participant Information" paper
• Diagnosed with hematological cancer
• Must be undergoing chemotherapy (at least one treatment during the study)
• Outpatient
• Be able to take pictures of meals (and send to the sub-investigators)
• Be able to speak and read the danish language

Exclusion criteria

• Pacemaker

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The patients will receive a individual dietary counseling based on the taste-test

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Taste-test

Standard dietary counseling

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The patients will receive a individual standard dietary counseling not based on the taste-test

Treatment:

Other: Standard care