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Intensive Nutrition Counselling in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

NCT02159508 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2014-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a pre-planned patient-adjusted intensive nutritional counselling given by a dietitian several times during (chemo)radiotherapy vs. individualized nutritional counselling given by a dietitian once in the beginning of (chemo)radiotherapy and thereafter on-demand in patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer.

Conditions

  • Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutritional counselling

In both study arms, daily estimated energy requirements were calculated from the basal energy requirements according to WHO multiplied by a 1.5 activity factor and protein requirement (g/day) was calculated multiplying ideal body weight (defined as BMI 22) by 1.2 to 1.5.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Helsinki

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Eastern Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Antti Mäkitie, Professor · Helsinki University Central Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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