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The Use of "Smart" Body-Weight Scales for Weight and Nutritional Monitoring in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy

NCT05457478 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2

Last updated 2025-01-24

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Summary

This clinical trial studies the use of "smart" body-weight scales to monitor weight and nutrition among patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiation therapy. Malnutrition affects 30-50% of patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer, and approximately 30% of patients have malnutrition prior to diagnosis. "Smart" body weight scales can possibly make self-weighing easier, faster, and more accurate through weight recordings through mobile applications available for "smart" scales. This has the potential to maximize nutritional guidance through quick weight updates, possibly delaying or removing the use of patient enteral feeding (tube feeding). By avoiding or minimizing the use of enteral feeding during radiation therapy, the risk of long-term tube dependence and swallowing ability complications may be reduced.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Medical Device Qardio® smart scale Usage and Evaluation

Weight monitored using a Qardio® smart scale

OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cambia Health Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    collaborator OTHER

  • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ravi Chandra · OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-13
Primary Completion
2023-09-13
Completion
2023-09-13

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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