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Feasibility Trial of a Personalised Nutrition and Activity Programme for People With Lung Cancer Over 65 Years

NCT05404022 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2023-09-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People with cancer affecting the lungs tend to be older and frailer compared to people with other cancers. As a result, they may have poorer quality of life and are less able to tolerate treatments for their cancer, such as chemotherapy. Research to date show that nutrition and physical activity support helps people with cancer, but not many older people are included in these studies.

The investigators want to develop and test a nutrition and activity programme for older people with lung cancer that can be tailored to each patient to help them have the best possible quality of life from the moment they start a new line of cancer treatment.

The research team has conducted the development work to find which nutrition and activity programmes are best for this patient group and how best to deliver the programme by looking at prior studies and talking to patients and carers as well as health care providers.

The next step is to test the developed programme in a small pilot study, to i) see if it is possible and acceptable (to patients, families, and staff) to deliver and ii) see if it helps patients have and cope with anti-cancer treatments and improve patient quality of life.

Conditions

  • Lung Neoplasm Malignant
  • Mesothelioma; Lung

Interventions

OTHER

Tailored nutrition and physical activity programme

Physical activity prescriptions will follow recent guidance for people with cancer and the FITT principles: Frequency (weekly sessions), Intensity (how hard), Time (session duration), and Type. Programme content, duration, and intensity will be tailored for comorbidities and other limitations. Nutrition prescription may include any or all of the following: 1. Information on side-effects that may affect eating and their mitigation 2. Feedback on physical measures (weight loss) in relation to nutrition and treatment outcomes 3. Feedback on assessment of food intake and how to improve 4. a Macmillan booklet: advice on eating and maintaining weight throughout cancer treatments. 5. a recipe book "Making the most of every bite" 6. tailored oral nutritional support, including use of high calorie/protein nutrition supplementation, or other macro and micronutrient supplementation as required

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Hull

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Forbes, PhD · Hull York Medical School, University of Hull

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-20
Primary Completion
2023-09-01
Completion
2023-09-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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