Pilot Test for a Newly Developed Nutrition Screening Method: Pediatric Subjective Global Assessment

NCT ID: NCT00665691

Last Updated: 2017-04-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

132 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-09-30

Study Completion Date

2010-07-31

Brief Summary

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Researchers are studying ways to predict if cancer patients are at risk for poor nutrition during their chemotherapy treatment. They hope to identify children with nutrition problems early in treatment. This may help prevent weight loss and other nutrition problems later in treatment.

Detailed Description

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The PEDSGA is a newly developed nutrition tool that includes a training manual that be used to teach health care professionals to identify at-risk patients by doing a nutrition physical exam. The PEDSGA also includes questions that the patient/caregiver answers regarding appetite, recent treatment, and activity level. This method of screening is new and may be able to identify at-risk patients better than the standard method. This study will use both methods and evaluate the two, in hope of determining which method works best to identify at-risk patients.

Conditions

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Compare Two Nutrition Screening Tools

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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1

Nutritional Screening Tools

Intervention Type OTHER

To compare the nutrition risk identification abilities of two nutrition screening tools: PEDSGA tool and the standard assessment tool.

Interventions

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Nutritional Screening Tools

To compare the nutrition risk identification abilities of two nutrition screening tools: PEDSGA tool and the standard assessment tool.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* St. Jude Children's Research Hospital patient between 2 and 16 years of age who is actively receiving treatment for a hematologic or solid tumor malignancy
* Patient is not admitted to the transplant service
* Patient is able to read English or Spanish
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Karen Smith, RD, MS, LDN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Locations

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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PEDSGA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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