NCT00375180

Nutritional Status and Barriers to Dietary Intake in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Nutritional Status and Barriers to Dietary Intake in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Prior to, on Completion of and Six Weeks After Oncology Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: AHS Cancer Control Alberta · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators hope to learn more about how side-effects of RT or RTchemo affect food intake and nutrition status.

Detailed description

Head and neck cancer patients often have difficulty meeting their nutritional needs while undergoing radiation therapy (RT) and/or chemotherapy (RTchemo). Tumor locations and side effects of RT or RTchemo, including dry mouth, mouth sores, difficulty chewing and swallowing, changes in taste and smell, and loss of appetite, lead to poor food intake and weight loss. The investigators hope to learn more about how side-effects of RT or RTchemo affect food intake and nutrition status.

Conditions

• Head and Neck Cancer

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2006-09-12
• Last updated: 2016-02-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada