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Comparison of Nutritional Supplements in Preventing Weight Loss in Patients With Cancer

NCT00053053 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 472

Last updated 2016-12-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Nutritional supplements may help prevent loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue in patients with advanced cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two nutritional supplements in preventing loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue in patients who have stage III or stage IV solid tumors.

Conditions

  • Cachexia
  • Lymphoma
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorder
  • Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Juven

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Non-Juven Supplement

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Lawrence B. Berk, MD, PhD · CCOP - Columbus

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-12-31
Primary Completion
2005-03-31
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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