Nutritional Problems in Pallative Cancer

Jens Rikardt Andersen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04846985

H-20083532

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate those nutritional problems contributing to loss of lean body mass in lung and pancreas cancer patients in chemotherapy. Furthermore to investigate alterations in taste and how they correlates with changes in following factors: nutritional intake, physical activity, appetite, food preferences, side effects, fatique and meal perception.

Full description

This study will include a recruitment of 50 lung and pancreas cancer patients currently in chemotherapy. They will be observed during a period of 9-12 week, including at least 2 chemotherapy treatments. The presence and severity of the nutritional problems will be examined by observing as many different factors as possible. This includes taste alterations, weight changes, nutritional intake, physical activity, interviews and weekly questionnaires. In relation to this our primary outcome is to investigate the correlation between changes in taste and changes in nutritional intake. Secondarily the investigators want to investigate nutritional intake, physical activity, appetite, food preferences, side effects, fatique and meal perception.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Lung or pancreas cancer patient
• In chemoterapy regardless of line treatment with/without combined treatment
• Legal age
• Able to speak and read in danish
• Ambulant

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to give consent and complete questionnaires
• Participating in clinical interventions during the periode of observation
• Allergic to milk or for any reason don't consume diary products