Creatine in Treating Patients With Cancer-Associated Weight Loss
Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Anorexia, Cachexia, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, Weight Changes
In brief
RATIONALE: It is not yet known whether the supplement creatine is effective in increasing weight and improving appetite and quality of life in patients who have cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well creatine works in increasing weight and improving appetite and quality of life in patients with weight loss caused by cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00081250
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 300
- Starts
- 2004-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-04-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Aurora Presbyterian Hospital — Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Boulder Community Hospital — Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Penrose Cancer Center at Penrose Hospital — Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- St. Anthony Central Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Porter Adventist Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
- St. Joseph Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Rose Medical Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Swedish Medical Center — Englewood, Colorado, United States
- St. Mary's Regional Cancer Center at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center — Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
- North Colorado Medical Center — Greeley, Colorado, United States
- Sky Ridge Medical Center — Lone Tree, Colorado, United States
- Hope Cancer Care Center at Longmont United Hospital — Longmont, Colorado, United States
- McKee Medical Center — Loveland, Colorado, United States
- St. Mary - Corwin Regional Medical Center — Pueblo, Colorado, United States
- North Suburban Medical Center — Thornton, Colorado, United States
- Exempla Lutheran Medical Center — Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- MBCCOP - Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center — Augusta, Georgia, United States
- Tripler Army Medical Center — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center — Aurora, Illinois, United States
- St. Joseph Medical Center — Bloomington, Illinois, United States
- Mobile Infirmary Medical Center — Mobile, Alabama, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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