Undernutrition Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Randomized Open Label Trial of Multimodal Oral Nutritional Supplementation Versus Standard Care, to Prevent / Attenuate Malnutrition in Patients With Cancers of the Head and Neck Receiving (Chemo)-Radiotherapy Treatment.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether multimodal nutrition therapy (primary nutrition intervention + adjuvant nutrition therapy) will support patients to optimize their total caloric intake during cancer treatment by measuring the difference in mean cumulative energy intake between the intervention and control group over the duration of cancer treatment.
Status | Not yet recruiting |
Enrollment | 81 |
Est. completion date | October 2025 |
Est. primary completion date | October 2025 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must have the ability to read, understand, and sign an informed consent and must be willing to comply with study treatment and follow-up. 2. Male or female 3. =18 years of age 4. Histopathologically confirmed primary squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx, larynx or hypopharynx, who have agreed to receive radical intent radiotherapy as primary treatment or adjuvant treatment post-surgery, with or without platinum chemotherapy 5. Capable of volitional oral nutritional intake at baseline. 6. A diagnostic CT image taken with a maximum of 30 days before initiation of radical intent radiotherapy. If the CT scan history in the patient's clinical record does not include a study within this window, a baseline non-contrast enhanced CT abdomen will be conducted. 7. An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of = 2 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Fed by nasogastric tube, gastrostomy or total parenteral nutrition 2. Cancer of the nasopharynx, thyroid or salivary gland 3. Life expectancy <6 months. 4. A known hypersensitivity / allergy to the investigational product or to any ingredient in their formulations (e.g. Milk/Lactose, Fish). 5. Enrolment in any other clinical protocol or investigational study with an interventional agent or assessments that may interfere with study procedures. 6. Patients with untreated brain metastases (patients with previously resected and/or radiated brain metastases without neurologic symptoms are permitted). 7. Poorly controlled chronic illnesses or other inflammatory diseases (e.g. COPD, uncontrolled non-insulin dependent diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis). 8. In the investigators' opinion, patients who have medical conditions that could interfere with nutrient metabolism or absorption (e.g., short bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, etc.) |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Canada | Cross Cancer Institute | Edmonton | Alberta |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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AHS Cancer Control Alberta |
Canada,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Change in mean cumulative energy intake | Energy intake is calculated from a one-day diet record in which the patient lists the identity and quantity of all foods and beverages consumed in the designated 24 hour time period at the end of each week (Baseline - Week 14). | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Change in mean cumulative protein take | Energy intake is calculated from a one-day diet record in which the patient lists the identity and quantity of all foods and beverages consumed in the designated 24 hour time period at the end of each week (Baseline - Week 14) | Up to 14 Weeks | |
Secondary | Change in body weight (kg) | Change in weight (kg) from the previous week. | Baseline-Week 14 | |
Secondary | Change in Nutritional blood biomarkers | A sample of blood will be collected for albumin, absolute neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, C-reactive protein, standard complete blood count-differential White Blood cell count and to measure serum CRP and albumin | Baseline measures will be compared to levels at weeks 7 and 14 | |
Secondary | Head and Neck Symptom Checklist | A survey tool for HNC patient self-assessment of the presence and degree of interference with eating, over the past 3 days, of 17 symptoms known to impact dietary intake. Scores range from 34 to 170 pts, where higher scores reflect a greater presence and interference with eating. Completed at weeks 0, 4, 7, 11, 14 | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Taste and smell survey | A survey tool for patient self-assessment of the presence, characterization and severity of taste and smell alterations. This tool yields a 'chemosensory complaint score' of up to 16 (greatest severity of taste and smell alterations). Completed at weeks 0, 4, 7, 11, 14. | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Medication use for pain | Use of pain medication will be captured weekly by a one- day pain medication log. | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Percent oral intake from oral nutritional supplements | The volume (mL) of study products consumed will be determined from the weekly one-day diet record. | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Product Sensory Assessment questionnaire | A product evaluation form for the Medical Nutrition products will be used to evaluate product overall sensory assessment, including acceptance and perception of characteristic product attributes that influence overall sensory acceptance. Medical Nutrition sensory acceptance will be evaluated by "overall liking" on the 9-point hedonic scale (1= dislike extremely; 9 = like extremely). Completed at weeks 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14. | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Functional Assessment of Anorexia-Cachexia Treatment (FAACT) 5 Question Anorexia/Cachexia subscale (AC/S) | The FAACT is a validated Quality of Life Scale to capture patient experience of cancer related cachexia - anorexia. Completed at weeks 0, 4, 7,11, 14 | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Cumulative energy intake (kcal/kg BW) | Energy intake is calculated from a one-day diet record in which the patient lists the identity and quantity of all foods and beverages consumed in the designated 24 hour time period at the end of each week (Baseline - Week 14) | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Cumulative protein take (g pro/kg BW) | Protein intake is calculated from a one-day diet record in which the patient lists the identity and quantity of all foods and beverages consumed in the designated 24 hour time period at the end of each week (Baseline - Week 14) | Up to 14 weeks | |
Secondary | Change in computed-tomography (CT) defined skeletal muscle and fat mass) | Imaging for body composition (muscle, fat) | Within 30 days prior to start of treatment, Week 14 | |
Secondary | Tertiary hospital admission | Review of patient medical records for instances of hospitalization with date(s) of admission falling between baseline and week 14 of study. | Up to 14 weeks |
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