Status:
UNKNOWN
Screening to Predict Weight Loss in Patients With Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Queen's Medical Center
Conditions:
Cachexia
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Screening tests may identify people with cancer who are at high risk of losing weight and help doctors plan better treatment. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well a new screen...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * To identify people with cancer who are at greatest risk of future weight loss by the development of a simple and practical screening tool. * To estimate the reliability of the Appetite ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Meets 1 of the following criteria, depending on part of study:
- Part 1:
- Receiving radiotherapy for cancer at Nottingham City Hospital
- Likely to be clinically stable over the duration of one week (i.e., not at high risk of disease or treatment-related appetite and weight loss)
- Stable weight and appetite
- Part 2:
- Outpatient at Nottingham City Hospital with a confirmed diagnosis of primary lung or gastrointestinal cancer
- Lost no more than 10% of pre-illness stable body weight
- Lost no more than 5% of pre-illness stable body weight if body mass index (BMI) was less than 20 kg/m\^2
- BMI ≥ 18.5 kg/m\^2
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- No condition impairing the ability to swallow
- Not receiving enteral tube feeding or parenteral nutrition (part 2)
- Able to be weighed (part 2)
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- No concurrent radiotherapy to the head, neck or upper gastrointestinal tract area
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
220 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00710632
Start Date
September 1 2007
Last Update
September 17 2013
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Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH