Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01998152
Individualized Nutritional Counselling During Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer (COLONUT)
The Effect of Individualized NUTritional Counselling on Muscle Mass and Treatment Outcome in Patients With Metastatic COLOrectal Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: the COLONUT Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 107 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose is to study the effect of individualized nutritional counselling compared to usual nutritional care on cross-sectional muscle area in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer during first line chemotherapy. Secondary, effect on total lean body mass, treatment intensity, physical functioning, quality of life and survival will be studied.We hypothesize that patients in the intervention arm benefit from individualized nutritional counseling.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Nutritional counseling | Patients in the intervention-arm will receive individualized nutritional counseling by a registered dietitian during standard treatment with chemotherapy. The main goals of the nutritional intervention will be to enable every patient to achieve sufficient protein and energy intake with attention for sufficient intake of micronutrients and a sufficient physical activity level. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-12-01
- Completion
- 2018-12-15
- First posted
- 2013-11-28
- Last updated
- 2018-12-21
Locations
5 sites across 1 country: Netherlands
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01998152. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.