Effect of Oral Supplements on the Nutritional Status of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients

March 16, 2018 updated by: Guopei Zhu, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University

A Randomized Phase II Trial to Assess the Effect of Oral Supplements on the Nutritional Status of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients During Concurrent Chemotherapy

Malnutrition is very common in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) patients undergoing current chemoradiotherapy (CRT) due to dysphagia, mucositis, nausea and other treatment-related problems. Malnutrition is associated with lower physical functioning, lower immune status, more severe (grade III/IV) late RT-induced toxicities, treatment interruption of chemo(radio)therapy, lower chemotherapy response rates, hospital readmission, impaired quality of life (QoL), and increased mortality. Although the international guidelines recommend early nutritional support in the presence of nutritional risk, the best type of nutritional intervention is still unclear. Individualized dietary counseling showed beneficial effects in nutritional intake, nutritional status and QoL in head and neck cancer patients undergoing RT or CRT-treatment; oral nutritional supplements (ONS) was most acceptable in Chinese NPC patients. Previous nutritional intervention trials in head-neck cancer patients have been conducted on small samples and did not clarify the role of oral nutritional supplements (ONS). Accordingly, although current guidelines recommend as grade A the use of ONS associated with dietary counseling for head-neck cancer patients undergoing RT, the efficacy of this nutritional intervention still needs to be evaluated in adequately sized and randomized clinical trials for Chinese NPC patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

60

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • China
    • Shanghai
      • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200011
        • Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital

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 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Newly diagnosed、pathologically proven nasopharyngeal carcinoma（Stage III/IV）
  2. Concurrent radiation and chemotherapy(platinum )
  3. Karnofsky score over 60
  4. No evidence of metastatic disease
  5. No significant cardiac, chest, gastrointestinal or renal morbidities

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. age <18 years
  2. ongoing artificial nutrition
  3. refusal

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

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: ONS group
Individualized dietary counseling+ONS(Healing elements)during CRT Interventions: (Healing elements)
Dietary supplement: Healing Elements,Methuselah Medical Technology
ONS group will receive Healing Elements ONS everyday during CRT
No Intervention: control group
Individualized dietary counseling during CRT

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Body weight(kg)change during concurrent chemotherapy
Time Frame: every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Disease-free survival
Time Frame: 2 years
From date of randomization until date of first documented disease progression or death from any cause, assessed up to 2 years.
2 years
Score of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Head and Neck Core 35 (EORTC QLQ-HN35) during the concurrent treatment
Time Frame: every 2 weeks during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6-7 weeks
every 2 weeks during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v3.0
Time Frame: every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Body cell mass(kg) change measured by multifrequency segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis
Time Frame: every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Fat mass (kg) change measured by multifrequency segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis
Time Frame: every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Fat free mass (kg) change measured by multifrequency segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis
Time Frame: every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Skeletal muscle mass (kg) change measured by multifrequency segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis
Time Frame: every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Phase angle(°) change measured by multifrequency segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis
Time Frame: every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every week during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Serum albumin（g/L) change
Time Frame: every 2 weeks during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every 2 weeks during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Serum prealbumin（mg/dL) change
Time Frame: every 2 weeks during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every 2 weeks during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
Serum transferrins（mg/dL）change
Time Frame: every 2 weeks during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks
every 2 weeks during the course of radiotherapy, up to 6-7 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Collaborators

Fudan University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 3, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 15, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

May 18, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 19, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 16, 2018

Last Verified

March 1, 2018

More Information

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1405135-4

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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