Nutrition Education Program for Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy

Taipei Medical University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Radiotherapy Side Effect; Nutrition Related Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: novel nutrition program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05329688

IRB110-196-A

Details and patient eligibility

About

Using randomized control study, explore the effect of novel nutrition education program on the nutrition status and life quality of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy

Full description

Weight loss is common among cancer patients, and can be attributed to many causes, including mucositis, inability to ingest or absorb adequate calories because of a problem with the alimentary tract, loss of appetite, and metabolic aberrations. Unintentional weight loss may be associated with decreased quality of life (QOL) and a poorer prognosis. Furthermore, for patients who are already in a catabolic state, the increased metabolic demands associated with anticancer treatment (particularly surgery) further worsen the problem. The novel nutrition program might improve the nutrition status and QOL in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients are diagnosed with cancer and receive radiotherapy, especially in head and neck cancer, lung cancer, or esophageal cancer.
2. Patients need nutrition support treatment
3. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Critical patients or life expectancy < 12 weeks
2. Patients with severe hepatic cirrhosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, chronic renal failure, intestinal obstruction, stroke.
3. Unconscious or psychiatric patients
4. Patients with communication problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm A

Experimental group

Description:

Novel nutrition program : Give nutrition health education every week and regular survey and intervention. The education booklets are made based on the guideline and characteristics of the disease.

Treatment:

Procedure: novel nutrition program

Arm B

Active Comparator group

Description:

Routine nutrition education Give nutrition education if the patient visits the clinics. Irregular survey and intervention were given to the patients.

Treatment:

Procedure: novel nutrition program