Early Nutritional Intervention in Patients With Cancer

NCT ID: NCT06141785

Last Updated: 2025-12-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-06-01

Study Completion Date

2027-01-29

Brief Summary

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The goal of this intervention study is to study the effect of nutritional interventions in patients with cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy. The main question it aims to answer is: Does early nutritional interventions affect body weight, quality of life, survival, muscle mass, performance status, physical function, nutritional risk and treatment tolerance in patients with cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy? Researchers will compare patients receiving the intervention to a historical control cohort following current clinical practice.

Detailed Description

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Background 30-50% of patients with cancer are malnourished, resulting in poorer prognosis, increased toxicities, reduced quality of life, and reduced physical function. Nevertheless, cancer-related malnutrition remains largely unrecognized and undertreated in clinical practice.

Aim To examine the effect of an early individualised nutritional intervention on body weight, quality of life, survival, muscle mass, performance status, physical function, nutritional risk, and treatment tolerance in patients with cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy.

Methods An intervention study with a historical control cohort. Participants are newly diagnosed patients with lung, pancreatic, ovarian, or colorectal cancers recruited at initiation of palliative chemotherapy. The control group followed current clinical practice. The intervention group receives an individualised nutritional intervention delivered by a clinical dietitian from treatment initiation and throughout the treatment trajectory. The intervention is tailored to the participant's nutritional needs, food preferences, nutrition impact symptoms, and smell- and taste disorders. The primary endpoint is change in body weight. Secondary endpoints include quality of life, survival, muscle mass, performance status, physical function, nutritional risk, and treatment tolerance. Data are collected at baseline and after 12 and 24 weeks.

Perspectives The project will provide new knowledge on the effects of individualised nutritional interventions for patients with cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy, and the potential to improve quality of life, treatment tolerance, and survival.

Conditions

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Nutritional Intervention Cancer Malnutrition

Keywords

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Nutritional interventions Dietetics Cancer Malnutrition Nutrition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Intervention with a historical control cohort.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Nutritional Intervention

Patients with Cancer treated with palliative chemotherapy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nutritional intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

An individually targeted nutritional intervention, and a simple home-based physical exercise program. The Nutritional intervention will be delivered by a clinical dietitian, from treatment initiation and throughout the treatment trajectory

Historical control

Patients with Cancer treated with palliative chemotherapy.

Historical Control cohort following current clinical practise, where nutritional treatment is not systematically implemented but patients can be referred to a clinical dietitian after clinical assessment by the treating physician or nurse.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Nutritional intervention

An individually targeted nutritional intervention, and a simple home-based physical exercise program. The Nutritional intervention will be delivered by a clinical dietitian, from treatment initiation and throughout the treatment trajectory

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients who are newly diagnosed with lung, colorectal, ovarian, or pancreatic cancer.
* patients treated with first-line palliative chemotherapy
* patients who are Danish speaking
* patients ≥18 years of age
* patients who are cognitive well-functioning

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients not using electronic mail
* patients with dementia
* patients not able to comply with the study protocol
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Danish Cancer Society

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Gødstrup Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kirstine Guld Frederiksen

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Therese Ovesen, Prof

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University Clinic for Flavour, Balance and Sleep

Locations

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Gødstrup Hospital

Herning, , Denmark

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Denmark

Central Contacts

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Kirstine Guld Frederiksen, MSc

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 24248914

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Kirstine Guld Frederiksen, MSc

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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KGF-1-2023

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id