Optimal Tube Feeding Method in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

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Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the optimal tube feeding method (bolus, gravity or pump) by analyzing percent weight loss, tolerance of enteral feeds, and percent of estimated calorie and protein needs in 60 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck undergoing chemoradiation therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01536782

Run by

Baylor Research Institute

People needed

0

Starts

2015-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Males and females
• 18 years or older
• Diagnosis of SCCHN undergoing concurrent chemoradiation therapy (including patients who received induction therapy upfront

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who have a small bowel feeding tube (only tube feeding via pump is allowed in this case)
• Patients with history of gastric surgery which may have resulted in altered gastrointestinal function
• Patients with history of uncontrolled diabetes and/or gastroparesis which may interfere with gastric emptying and inability to tolerate bolus feeds
• Patients at high risk of aspiration in which case slower feeds by using gravity or pump are indicated

Where it is running

• Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Baylor University Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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