Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03382171
The Impact of a Home Delivered Meal Service in Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy
The Impact of FoodforCare at Home on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 148 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Cancer patients receiving treatment such as chemotherapy experience a variety of symptoms that interfere with their appetite and their ability to eat and enjoy meals. Therefore, adapting meals in a way that responds to these symptoms might be a good strategy to improve patient satisfaction, nutritional status and hence, quality of life. In this vein, the investigators hypothesize that meals from FoodforCare at Home will contribute to the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy when compared to usual care.
Detailed description
Cancer patients receiving treatment such as chemotherapy experience a variety of symptoms that interfere with their appetite and their ability to eat and enjoy meals. Several studies suggest that nutritional intake increases when the patient is satisfied about the quality of the meals. Therefore, adapting meals in a way that responds to these symptoms might be a good strategy to improve patient satisfaction, nutritional status and hence, quality of life. In this vein, the investigators hypothesize that meals from FoodforCare at Home will contribute to the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy when compared to usual care. Also, the investigators expect that this strategy will have a positive effect on patient satisfaction, other nutrition-related issues, including nausea and vomiting, on nutritional intake per se and hence, on the nutritional status. Additional benefits might include reduced use of medication, especially anti-emetics.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | FoodforCare at home | Five small protein rich meals that will be delivered twice a week for 3 weeks. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-11-17
- Primary completion
- 2020-05-22
- Completion
- 2020-05-22
- First posted
- 2017-12-22
- Last updated
- 2020-10-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Netherlands
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03382171. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.