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

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    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105