Megestrol in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Anorexia, Cachexia, Lung Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Megestrol helps improve appetite. It is not yet known if megestrol is effective in limiting weight loss in patients who are undergoing radiation therapy. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of megestrol in limiting weight loss in patients who are undergoing radiation therapy for lung cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00031785
Run by
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
People needed
25
Starts
2000-09-01
Expected to finish
2002-09-11
Last updated by the study team
2021-09-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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