Low-Residue Diet in Treating Diarrhea in Patients Receiving Pelvic Radiation Therapy.
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Conditions studied: Cervical Cancer, Diarrhea, Prostate Cancer, Radiation Toxicity, Sarcoma
In brief
RATIONALE: Eating a diet low in residue (fiber, fat, and certain milk or vegetable products) may help prevent or reduce diarrhea caused by pelvic radiation therapy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying a low-residue diet to see how well it works compared to no dietary intervention in treating diarrhea in patients who are undergoing radiation therapy to the pelvis for uterine, cervical, or prostate cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00258401
- Run by
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- People needed
- 11
- Starts
- 2005-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2006-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-07-27
Who can join
Age: 20 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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