Nutritional Supplementation in Head and Neck Cancers
A Randomized Open Label Trial of Multimodal Oral Nutritional Supplementation Versus Standard Care, to Prevent / Attenuate Malnutrition in Patients with Cancers of the Head and Neck Receiving (chemo)-radiotherapy Treatment.
AHS Cancer Control Alberta
81 participants
Oct 25, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether multimodal nutrition therapy (primary nutrition intervention + adjuvant nutrition therapy) will support patients to optimize their total caloric intake during cancer treatment by measuring the difference in mean cumulative energy intake between the intervention and control group over the duration of cancer treatment.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- Patients must have the ability to read, understand, and sign an informed consent and must be willing to comply with study treatment and follow-up.
- Male or female
- ≥18 years of age
- Histopathologically confirmed primary squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx, larynx or hypopharynx, who have agreed to receive radical intent radiotherapy as primary treatment or adjuvant treatment post-surgery, with or without platinum chemotherapy
- Capable of volitional oral nutritional intake at baseline.
- A diagnostic CT image taken with a maximum of 30 days before initiation of radical intent radiotherapy. If the CT scan history in the patient's clinical record does not include a study within this window, a baseline non-contrast enhanced CT abdomen will be conducted.
- An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of ≤ 2
Exclusion Criteria8
- Fed by nasogastric tube, gastrostomy or total parenteral nutrition
- Cancer of the nasopharynx, thyroid or salivary gland
- Life expectancy \<6 months.
- A known hypersensitivity / allergy to the investigational product or to any ingredient in their formulations (e.g. Milk/Lactose, Fish).
- Enrolment in any other clinical protocol or investigational study with an interventional agent or assessments that may interfere with study procedures.
- Patients with untreated brain metastases (patients with previously resected and/or radiated brain metastases without neurologic symptoms are permitted).
- Poorly controlled chronic illnesses or other inflammatory diseases (e.g. COPD, uncontrolled non-insulin dependent diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis).
- In the investigators' opinion, patients who have medical conditions that could interfere with nutrient metabolism or absorption (e.g., short bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, etc.)
Interventions
Nestlé Resource Support Plus® is a high energy- and protein-density Medical Food enriched with omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. This is a nutritionally complete formula, in an easy to swallow, palatable, concentrated low volume, available in 2 flavours optimized for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation in taste tests. It provides in a 125 mL serving: 250 kcal, 11.5 g protein and 0.95g of omega-3 fatty acid (eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA).
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NCT05379712