Support Through Remote Observation and Nutrition Guidance (STRONG) Program for Gastroesophageal Cancer (GEC) Patients (STRONG-GEC)

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: GastroEsophageal Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Survey; Behavioral: Fitbit Data Collection; Behavioral: Nutrition Counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05438940

MCC-21889

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to assess the feasibility and patient satisfaction with the Support through Remote Observation and Nutrition Guidance (STRONG) program. The program provides nutrition support for participants living with gastroesophageal cancer who are receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatment

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ≥18 years old
• Locally advanced or metastatic GEC diagnosis
• Planned to initiate chemoradiation and/or radiation therapy with a plan to have surgery or a plan to have definitive treatment at Moffitt.
• Able to speak and read English
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Documented or observable psychiatric or neurological disorder that would interfere with study participation (e.g., psychosis, active substance abuse)
• Undergoing concurrent treatment for a secondary primary cancer
• Use of feeding tubes before enrollment (The last exclusion criterion was included because investigators do not anticipate these participants would benefit from a dietary monitoring intervention)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 1 patient group

STRONG-GEC

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive individually tailored, bi-weekly nutrition counseling from a dietician via telehealth and remote monitoring through a smart phone app and wearable sensor to allow participants to log food intake while sharing their data with a dietician.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nutrition Counseling

Behavioral: Fitbit Data Collection

Behavioral: Survey