Ketogenic Diet in Children With Malignant or Recurrent/Refractory Brain Tumor

NCT03328858 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2

Last updated 2020-02-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the ketogenic diet on tumor size and quality of life in pediatric patients with malignant or recurrent/refractory brain tumors.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Ketogenic Diet

Once tolerance to the diet has been assessed, participants will be placed in the ketogenic diet, followed-up every three months until the one year completion.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital f/k/a Miami Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Caceres, MS, RDN · Nicklaus Children's Hospital

  • Ziad Khatib, MD · Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Months
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-01
Primary Completion
2020-01-31
Completion
2020-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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