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Brief Title: Effect of Oral Nutritional Supplements on Body Weight Loss of Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Official Title: Effect of Oral Nutritional Supplements From the Beginning of Radiotherapy on Body Weight Loss of Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Its Cost-Utility Analysis: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Study ID: NCT04823468
Brief Summary: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT) is the principal treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC). Studies have shown that malnutrition is very common in patients with NPC after chemoradiotherapy. Malnutrition can lead to weight loss, treatment interruption, prolonged stay in hospital, increased treatment costs, reduced tolerance to anti-tumor therapy, reduced quality of life and shortened survival time. Nutritional intervention can improve the nutritional status, reduce treatment-related toxicity and improve the survival of patients with NPC. The first choice of nutritional intervention is oral nutritional supplements(ONS). Some retrospective studies with small samples have found that early nutritional intervention can reduce weight loss and severe oral mucositis in patients with NPC, compared with late nutritional intervention. Therefore, the investigators proposed the hypothesis that ONS from the beginning of radiotherapy can reduce the nutritional impairment, treatment-related toxicity and treatment costs of patients with NPC, and improve their quality of life. The aim of this multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy and cost utility of ONS from the beginning to the end of radiotherapy.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
900th hospital of the joint logistics team, PLA, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
The Nanping First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Nanping, Fujian, China
Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Zhongshan Hospital Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Zhangzhou Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
Jiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Name: Jinsheng Hong
Affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR