NCT01939340

Prevalence of Cachexia in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Prevalence and Impact of Cachexia in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 285 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cachexia and low nutritional intake are a common phenomena in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The purpose of this study is to assess prevalence of cachexia and low nutritional intake and the impact on quality of life, fatigue and mortality in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Furthermore interactions between these parameters, tumor disease and chemotherapy, respectively.

Conditions

• Cancer
• Cachexia

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2013-09-11
• Last updated: 2013-09-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany