The Role of the Muscle-nervous System Interface in Cancer Cachexia
NCT ID: NCT03477721
Last Updated: 2018-03-26
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
40 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2018-03-16
2018-04-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Therefore, aiming at the complexity of cancer associated with the cachexia and the great importance of the maintenance of lean body mass to a better prognosis in disease, is of fundamental importance to elucidate the role of CAF and the factors associated with sarcopenia, the possible use of these proteins for diagnosis and the contribution that this clarification could bring in clinical therapy.
Conditions
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Study Design
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CASE_CONTROL
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Group with cancer cachexia (CTB)
For diagnosis of cachexia it will be used the following criteria (Evans et al., 2008)
No interventions assigned to this group
Group without cancer cachexia (TB)
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* present renal and/or liver failure,
* AIDS,
* inflammatory bowel disease or chronic inflammatory processes not related to cachexia.
18 Years
100 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Roma La Sapienza
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Alessandro Laviano
Alessandro Laviano, MD associate professor of Internal Medicine
Principal Investigators
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Alessandro Laviano, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Locations
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Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome
Rome, , Italy
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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