Lifestyle Intervention for Prevention of Gastric Neoplasm

Shandong University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stomach Neoplasms

Treatments: Behavioral: Active measures of lifestyle modification

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02679495

2015WS0366

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether positive lifestyle interventions (diet modification and smoking cessation) are effective in the prevention of gastric pre-cancer and cancer occurrences and reccurence of gastric cancer after endoscopic resection.

Enrollment: 350 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of chronic atrophy gastritis proved by gastroscopy biopsy pathology or early gastric cancer patients who have recieved endoscopic resection
• have one or several bad lifestyle habits such as eating too much salt, eating too few fruits, smoking, drinking wine, and lack of sleep.

Exclusion criteria

• patients who refuse to change lifestyle according to the trial plan

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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350 participants in 2 patient groups

Lifestyle intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

A better lifestyle that are supposed to prevent gastric cancer occurrence are advised to patients. Measures includes dietary change and cessation of smoking and alcohol abuse. Behavioural and cognitive strategies from investigators are performed to patients to ensure adherence to established intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active measures of lifestyle modification

No intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

No meassures are taken to change life style of enrolled patients.