MedTrace Logo

Medical Nutrition Therapy or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, or Stage III or Stage IV Prostate Cancer

NCT00769652 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2023-10-03

Study results available
· View outcomes & findings →

Summary

This is a two-part study. Part I is an observational study. Part II is a randomized clinical trial to see how well medical nutrition therapy works compared with standard care in treating patients with lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, or stage III or stage IV prostate cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Medical nutrition therapy

Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) refers to intervention with a registered dietitian or nutrition professional. MNT is a cyclical process which includes nutrition assessment, intervention, follow-up, and reassessment. Patients will receive a total of three (3) visits with the dietitian over a six-week period with follow-up during weeks 2-3 and weeks 6-9 based on their treatment schedule.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Care

Standard nutritional care includes the National Cancer Institute's booklet "Eating Hints for cancer patients: before, during \& after treatment".

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maureen Huhmann, DCN, RD, CSO · Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-10-31
Primary Completion
2009-08-31
Completion
2009-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00769652 on ClinicalTrials.gov