Status:
COMPLETED
Pilot Test for a Newly Developed Nutrition Screening Method: Pediatric Subjective Global Assessment
Lead Sponsor:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Conditions:
Compare Two Nutrition Screening Tools
Eligibility:
All Genders
2-16 years
Brief Summary
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 treatmen...
Detailed Description
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 PEDS...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2003
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
132 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00665691
Start Date
September 1 2003
End Date
July 1 2010
Last Update
April 26 2017
Active Locations (1)
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105