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Restricted Calorie Ketogenic Diet as a Treatment in Malignant Tumors

NCT03160599 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Malignant tumor incidence showed an upgrade trend in recent years. Standard therapy for malignant tumor includes surgery followed by radiation and chemotherapy. Despite optimal treatment the prognosis remains poor. There is an urgent need for more effective therapies. The Warburg effect has been widely observed in human cancers. The main energy supply of tumor cells are aerobic glycolysis. Therefore, they are highly dependent on glucose metabolism. Recently, some scholars have suggested that 'Restricted calorie Ketogenic Diet (RKD)' might be able to inhibit glycolysis and thus anti-tumor by restricting carbohydrate intake. This will 'starve' cancer cells, which will lead to cell death. There are many animal and in vitro studies shown that RKD can reduce the tumor size and thus tumor cell growth of malignant tumors. However, a consistent positive result can not be found within a small sample of clinical trials. In this study, 40 patients with malignant tumors will be treated with or without RKD. The safety and efficacy of RKD and the patients' tolerance will be observed in order to understand whether this therapy can be a potential new treatment This clinical study is comparatively large internationally. It is the first domestically. This study is essential to extend the survival of patients with malignant tumors, and to study clinical nutrition support and its metabolic pathways for malignant tumors.

Conditions

  • Malignant Tumors

Interventions

OTHER

ketogenic diet

The treatment is mainly restricted calorie ketogenic diet. KD will consist of 4:1-1:1\[fat\]:\[protein+carbohydrate\].Carbohydrate is limited to 10-30 g / day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-01
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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