Status:
COMPLETED
Low-Residue Diet in Treating Diarrhea in Patients Receiving Pelvic Radiation Therapy.
Lead Sponsor:
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Conditions:
Cervical Cancer
Diarrhea
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Eating a diet low in residue (fiber, fat, and certain milk or vegetable products) may help prevent or reduce diarrhea caused by pelvic radiation therapy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical ...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Compare the nutritional status, Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) score, and fecal incontinence quality of life (FI-QOL) in patients with uterine, cervical, or prostate cancer who are unde...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of uterine, cervical, or prostate cancer
- Current patient at the Ireland/Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Planning pelvic radiation therapy within the next 4 months
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Performance status
- Not specified
- Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Hematopoietic
- Not specified
- Hepatic
- Not specified
- Renal
- Not specified
- Gastrointestinal
- No enteric support
- No inflammatory bowel disease
- Other
- No other concurrent illness or medical condition that would preclude study compliance
- No history of allergies or dietary intolerances (e.g., lactose intolerance) that would preclude study treatment or interfere with study results
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Chemotherapy
- No concurrent chemotherapy
- Endocrine therapy
- Concurrent hormonal therapy allowed (e.g., testosterone suppression)
- Radiotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- Surgery
- No prior colectomy
- Other
- No concurrent glutamine, psyllium, or other fiber supplements (e.g., Benefiber\^® or Metamucil\^®)
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
11 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00258401
Start Date
May 1 2005
End Date
June 1 2006
Last Update
July 27 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-5065