Low Antioxidant Diet in Controlling Cachexia in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
Completed · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Cachexia, Head and Neck Cancer, Weight Changes
In brief
RATIONALE: Eating a diet that is low in antioxidants may control cachexia in patients with oropharyngeal cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase I trial is studying the side effects of a low antioxidant diet in controlling cachexia in patients with oropharyngeal cancer receiving chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00486304
- Run by
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- People needed
- 4
- Starts
- 2006-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-04-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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