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Impact of Elimination or Reduction of Dietary Animal Proteins on Cancer Progression and Survival - A Pilot Study

NCT02437474 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 326

Last updated 2017-11-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purposes of this study are

* to test the hypothesis that elimination or reduction of dietary animal proteins leads to an improved prognosis in tumor patients
* to estimate the effect size and thus to enable sample size calculations for further studies
* to test the feasibility and tolerance of different diets, especially a vegan diet, in cancer patients and to proof that a vegan diet does not lead to a deterioration of health, tumor progression or to malnutrition
* to test the online platform as a study platform
* to test validity of self reported and online generated data

Conditions

  • Neoplasms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Omnivorous diet

Adopting or continuing the selected diet for 6 months (omnivorous)

BEHAVIORAL

Lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet

Adopting or continuing the selected diet for 6 months (lacto-ovo-vegetarian)

BEHAVIORAL

Vegan diet

Adopting or continuing the selected diet for 6 months (vegan)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Regensburg

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rosa Aspalter

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rosa Aspalter, MD · Registered Association "Food and Cancer"

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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