The Effect of Ketogenic Diet on Malignant Tumors- Recurrence and Progress

March 23, 2010 updated by: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

The aim of the study is, to study the efficacy of the ketogenic diet in delaying or preventing recurrence and tumor growth progression of patients who have been previously treated by concomitant chemoradiotherapy (6 months) for high-grade glial tumors.

It will be an open-label trial of nutritional intervention for up to 1 year. An interim analysis of the data will be carried out to assess safety, compliance and efficacy of the diet. This will be reviewed by both SHS and the Clinical trial team.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

40

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 85 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  1. Consenting adults aged ≥ 18 years.
  2. Recurrent or progressive high grade glioma after failure of at least one line of standard oncological treatment.
  3. Gliomatosis cerebri, including patients declining radiation treatment.

Exclusion criteria:

  1. Patients with malignant tumors who are receiving treatment at the time of the recruitment.
  2. Early termination - patients who will wish to stop their participation in the trial will discontinue the ketogenic diet and return to their usual diet.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Standard diet: Nutritional support
Other: Nutritional support with Standard diet
Nutritional support with Standard diet
Experimental: Nutritional intervention: Ketogenic diet.
Other: Nutritional intervention with the Ketogenic diet
Nutritional intervention with ketogenic diet. The Diet plan will be based on each patient individually according to his nutritional needs. Age, weight, activity levels, culture and food preferences are taken in consideration

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
To study the effect of the ketogenic diet on tumor growth progression and longevity in patients with Malignant glioblastoma.
This will be done by comparing tumor size by repeated MRI studies (every 2 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Quality of life
Performance scale and quality of life evaluation (Karnofsky and EQ5D scale)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Collaborators

Nutricia Liverpool

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

May 1, 2011

Study Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 15, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 23, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

March 24, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 24, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 23, 2010

Last Verified

February 1, 2010

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • TASMC-09-NV-0056-CTIL

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