Comparison of Nutritional Supplements in Preventing Weight Loss in Patients With Cancer
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Cachexia, Lymphoma, Lymphoproliferative Disorder, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
In brief
RATIONALE: Nutritional supplements may help prevent loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue in patients with advanced cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two nutritional supplements in preventing loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue in patients who have stage III or stage IV solid tumors.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00053053
- Run by
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- People needed
- 472
- Starts
- 2002-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-12-08
Who can join
Age: 17 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Comprehensive Cancer Institute — Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast — Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Montgomery Cancer Center — Montgomery, Alabama, United States
- DCH Cancer Treatment Center — Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
- Foundation for Cancer Research and Education — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank — Burbank, California, United States
- Mount Diablo Regional Cancer Center — Concord, California, United States
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States
- California Cancer Center - Woodward Park Office — Fresno, California, United States
- Saint Agnes Cancer Center — Fresno, California, United States
- Sutter Health Western Division Cancer Research Group — Greenbrae, California, United States
- Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach — Long Beach, California, United States
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California, United States
- Huntington Cancer Center at Huntington Hospital — Pasadena, California, United States
- Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center — Pomona, California, United States
- Radiation Oncology Centers - Sacramento — Sacramento, California, United States
- Radiation Medical Group, Incorporated — San Diego, California, United States
- Naval Medical Center - San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center — San Francisco, California, United States
- O'Connor Hospital — San Jose, California, United States
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — Santa Rosa, California, United States
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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