Status:
COMPLETED
Influence of a Home-based Nutrition and Exercise Program on Quality of Life of Palliative Cancer Outpatients
Lead Sponsor:
Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW
Collaborating Sponsors:
Krebsforschung Schweiz, Bern, Switzerland
Sponser Sport Food AG
Conditions:
Cancer, Gastrointestinal
Cancer, Lung
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The main purpose of the study is to investigate whether a tailor-made nutritional and exercise program including home-based sessions and regular monitoring using an application on the smartphone is ef...
Detailed Description
Cachexia is highly prevalent among cancer patients and has substantial impact on the Quality of Life (QoL) and the functional status of patients.Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Advanced lung or gastrointestinal cancer patients not eligible for curative treatment
- WHO performance status of ≤ 2
- Able to perform physical exercise estimated by the treating physician
- Estimated life expectancy of ≥ 6 months
- Patient must give written informed consent
Exclusion
- Intake of supplements with high-dose branched-chain amino acids within one month
- Enteral (except oral nutritional supplements) and/or parenteral nutrition within one month
- History of ileus within previous month
- Milk protein allergy
- The patient cannot understand the trial-specific content due to linguistic, psychological or disease reasons
- Age \< 18 years
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 7 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 6 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
72 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04859400
Start Date
June 7 2021
End Date
November 6 2024
Last Update
November 8 2024
Active Locations (3)
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1
Klinikum Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany, 78464
2
Spital STS (Simmental-Thun-Saanenland) AG
Thun, Switzerland, 3600
3
Kantonsspital Winterthur
Winterthur, Switzerland, 8401