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Effects of Nutritional Counseling on Nutritional Status and Quality of Life of Head and Neck Cancer Patients

NCT03114202 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2017-07-19

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Summary

This study investigates the effects of nutritional counseling versus standard nutritional care on nutritional status and quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer submitted to radiotherapy.Half participants will receive intensive nutritional counseling while the other half will receive standard care.

Conditions

  • Head and Neck Neoplasms

Interventions

OTHER

intensive nutritional counseling

Individualised nutrition intervention in the form of regular and intensive nutrition counselling by a dietitian, following a predetermined standard nutrition protocol, the Medical Nutrition Therapy (Cancer/Radiation Oncology) protocol of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) every week during radiotherapy. Individually tailored sample meal plans, recipe suggestions and hints to minimise the side effects of the tumour and therapy will be provided.

OTHER

Standard care

Nutritional counseling / education performed by hospital nurses and nutritional care performed by the hospital nutritionist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jose Eluf Neto · São Paulo University

  • Andre Carvalho · Hospital de Cancer de Barretos - Fundação PIO XII

  • Sheilla Faria · São Paulo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-18
Primary Completion
2018-08-06
Completion
2018-10-01

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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