Status:

WITHDRAWN

Impact of Dietary Fiber as Prebiotics on Chemotherapy-related Diarrhea in Patients With Gastrointestinal Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Conditions:

Chemotherapy-related Diarrhea

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study evaluates longitudinal data associating changes in gut microbiota composition and diversity, defecation, performance status and adverse reactions in response to prebiotic fiber supplementat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18-65, be able to comply with the protocol
  • Life expectancy greater than 3 months
  • Patients with cytologically or histologically confirmed diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers
  • Undergoing chemotherapy, not synchronized with radiotherapy and other anti-tumor treatments
  • Chemotherapy-related diarrhea grade 2-4
  • Not experience diarrhea before chemotherapy

Exclusion

  • age\<18 or \>65
  • Patients who cannot eat by mouth for example chewing disorders, difficulty swallowing, intractable vomiting, gastrointestinal obstruction or gastrointestinal tract bleeding
  • Other acute or chronic diarrhea or colostomy
  • Patients with other severe adverse effects of chemotherapy other than diarrhea
  • Patients with severe diseases of heart, kidney, liver and other major organs
  • Use of any other drug for promoting intestine movement
  • Use of any other drug or dietary supplement for chemotherapy-related diarrhea such as other fiber supplements, probiotics, octreotide
  • Allergic to the components of the intervention dietary supplements;
  • Pregnancy (positive serum pregnancy test) and lactation
  • Any other serious or uncontrolled illness which the investigator think is undesirable for the patient to enter the trial

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 30 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 30 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04447443

Start Date

June 30 2020

End Date

June 30 2021

Last Update

August 6 2021

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Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310009