Testing the Effectiveness of Coping With Cancer in the Kitchen (CCK)

American Institute for Cancer Research

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer; Nutrition Aspect of Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: CCK In-Person Sessions; Behavioral: CCK Printed Materials

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04528615

19048-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was a two-arm, randomized controlled trial in which cancer survivors were evenly assigned to either receive the 8-week CCK in-person nutrition intervention immediately or to become the control group that received a selection of CCK printed materials. The aim was to test the effectiveness of CCK for implementing a healthy plant-based diet and improving quality of life.

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Need to have ever been diagnosed with cancer to be eligible
• Need to have not participated in a Living Plate cooking program
• Need to be able to attend at least seven of the eight sessions of the series with mandatory first and last sessions
• Need to have completed active cancer treatment (not including hormonal or other similar agents, e.g., tamoxifen)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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53 participants in 2 patient groups

CCK In-Person Sessions

Experimental group

Description:

This group received the in-person CCK intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CCK In-Person Sessions

CCK Printed Materials

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group received select printed CCK materials.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CCK Printed Materials