NCT04476082

Nutrition in Gastrointestinal Tumors

Analysis of Nutritional Status in Patients With Malignant Tumor Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Medicine Greifswald · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Malnutrition and loss of muscle mass frequently occur in patients undergoing chemotherapy and can negatively effect therapy outcome. Especially patients with cancer of the gastrointestinal tract are often affected by malnutrition. Therefore, this study aims to examine changes in nutritional status of patients with cancer of the gastrointestinal tract during chemotherapy. Findings of this study will help to improve nutritional treatment of patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Detailed description

Malnutrition and sarcopenia are common complications in patients with malignant diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. During chemotherapy there is a high risk of further impairment of nutritional status due to anorexia, nausea, emesis and other gastrointestinal conditions that adversely impact food assimilation or absorption. Findings on changes of nutritional status during chemotherapy are scarce but of paramount importance for adequate nutrition therapy. Therefore, this study aims to provide a detailed description of changes in nutritional status of patients with a malignant condition of the gastrointestinal tract during chemotherapy.

Conditions

• Pancreatic Cancer
• Oesophageal Cancer
• Colon Cancer
• Liver Cancer
• Rectal Cancer
• Bile Duct Cancer
• GIST, Malignant
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Gastric Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	No intervention - observational study only	No intervention - observational study only

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-25
• Primary completion: 2022-12-06
• Completion: 2022-12-06
• First posted: 2020-07-17
• Last updated: 2023-01-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany