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The Impact of a Home Delivered Meal Service in Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy

8 oktober 2020 uppdaterad av: Radboud University Medical Center

The Impact of FoodforCare at Home on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy.

Cancer patients receiving treatment such as chemotherapy experience a variety of symptoms that interfere with their appetite and their ability to eat and enjoy meals. Therefore, adapting meals in a way that responds to these symptoms might be a good strategy to improve patient satisfaction, nutritional status and hence, quality of life. In this vein, the investigators hypothesize that meals from FoodforCare at Home will contribute to the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy when compared to usual care.

Studieöversikt

Status

Avslutad

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljerad beskrivning

Cancer patients receiving treatment such as chemotherapy experience a variety of symptoms that interfere with their appetite and their ability to eat and enjoy meals. Several studies suggest that nutritional intake increases when the patient is satisfied about the quality of the meals. Therefore, adapting meals in a way that responds to these symptoms might be a good strategy to improve patient satisfaction, nutritional status and hence, quality of life. In this vein, the investigators hypothesize that meals from FoodforCare at Home will contribute to the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy when compared to usual care. Also, the investigators expect that this strategy will have a positive effect on patient satisfaction, other nutrition-related issues, including nausea and vomiting, on nutritional intake per se and hence, on the nutritional status. Additional benefits might include reduced use of medication, especially anti-emetics.

Studietyp

Interventionell

Inskrivning (Faktisk)

148

Fas

  • Inte tillämpbar

Kontakter och platser

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Studieorter

  • Nederländerna
    • Gelderland
      • Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederländerna, 6525 GA
        • Radboudumc

Deltagandekriterier

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Urvalskriterier

Åldrar som är berättigade till studier

18 år och äldre (Vuxen, Äldre vuxen)

Tar emot friska volontärer

Nej

Kön som är behöriga för studier

Allt

Beskrivning

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age 18 years or older
  • diagnosed with cancer
  • receiving chemotherapy according to a minimum schedule of every 2 weeks
  • living within a 40 km radius around the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
  • written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • renal insufficiency (MDRD-GFR (glomerular filtration rate) < 60ml/min and/or proteinuria)*
  • dementia or any other condition which makes it impossible to fill out questionnaires correctly
  • unable to understand or speak Dutch
  • depending on artificial nutrition in the form of Oral Nutritional Supplements, tube feeding or total parenteral nutrition

  • swallowing or passage problems

    • proteinuria is defined in case of a protein creatinine ratio > 0.5g/10mmol or an albuminuria > 300mg/day. This is checked by default before the start of chemotherapy by the treating physician to decide whether or not the patient is eligible for receiving chemotherapy.

Studieplan

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Hur är studien utformad?

Designdetaljer

  • Primärt syfte: Stödjande vård
  • Tilldelning: Randomiserad
  • Interventionsmodell: Parallellt uppdrag
  • Maskning: Ingen (Open Label)

Vapen och interventioner

Deltagargrupp / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Experimentell: FoodforCare group
The intervention group will receive meals from FoodforCare at Home. The FoodforCare at Home concept consists of five to six small protein and energy enriched meals that will be delivered twice a week. After an individual intake, the composition of the dishes will be tailored to the needs of the patient in terms of composition, diet, taste, flavor and portion size. Besides the meals, patients in the intervention group will also receive an information leaflet about the importance of protein during treatment and how to reach their protein requirements.
Övrig: FoodforCare at home
Five small protein rich meals that will be delivered twice a week for 3 weeks.
Inget ingripande: Usual care group
The control group will continue their usual diet for 3 weeks and have no restrictions to their diet.

Vad mäter studien?

Primära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Quality of life and overall health status
Tidsram: 3.5 months
EORTC-Quality of Life-C30 questionnaire filled in before chemotherapy, two times during chemotherapy and after chemotherapy. This questionnaire consists of 30 questions and a total score ranging from 0-100 is calculated based on these questions. The higher the score, the higher the quality of life of the patient.
3.5 months

Sekundära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Nutritional intake
Tidsram: 3.5 months
2-day food diary filled in before chemotherapy, two times during chemotherapy and after chemotherapy.
3.5 months
Muscle strength
Tidsram: 3.5 months
Hand grip strength (kg) performed before chemotherapy, two times during chemotherapy and once after chemotherapy.
3.5 months
Nutritional status
Tidsram: 3.5 months
Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) performed before chemotherapy, two times during chemotherapy and once after chemotherapy.
3.5 months
Functional score
Tidsram: 3.5 months
Karnofsky scale performed before chemotherapy, two times during chemotherapy and once after chemotherapy. This status is based on 11 levels and ranges from 0, indicating death, to 100, indicating no complaints or evidence of disease.
3.5 months
Quality of life caregiver
Tidsram: 3.5 months
Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA) filled in before chemotherapy, two times during chemotherapy and once after chemotherapy. This questionnaire consist of 24 items in five subscales. All items are statements with a 5-point Likert scale (completely disagree-completely agree). All subscale scores are the average of the item scores, ranging from 1 to 5. There is no total score.
3.5 months
Medication use
Tidsram: 3 weeks
Diary filled in during 3 weeks between 2 cycles of chemotherapy
3 weeks
Symptoms
Tidsram: 3 weeks
Symptom diary filled in during 3 weeks between 2 cycles of chemotherapy
3 weeks
Patient satisfaction
Tidsram: 1 day
Questionnaire filled in after 3 weeks of receiving meals. This is a self-developed questionnaire which does not have a total score. Each question will be analyzed separately. Questions consist of grading from 0-10 (the higher, the better the outcome) or with a 5-point Likert scale (completely disagree-completely agree).
1 day
Functional status
Tidsram: 3.5 months
Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) performed before chemotherapy, two times during chemotherapy and once after chemotherapy.
3.5 months

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Sponsor

Radboud University Medical Center

Utredare

  • Studiestol: Manon van den Berg, PhD, Radboud University Medical Center

Publikationer och användbara länkar

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Allmänna publikationer

Studieavstämningsdatum

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Studera stora datum

Studiestart (Faktisk)

17 november 2017

Primärt slutförande (Faktisk)

22 maj 2020

Avslutad studie (Faktisk)

22 maj 2020

Studieregistreringsdatum

Först inskickad

23 november 2017

Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

18 december 2017

Första postat (Faktisk)

22 december 2017

Uppdateringar av studier

Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)

9 oktober 2020

Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

8 oktober 2020

Senast verifierad

1 april 2019

Mer information

Termer relaterade till denna studie

Ytterligare relevanta MeSH-villkor

Andra studie-ID-nummer

  • 2016-3044

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