A prospective clinical study of ready-to-use therapeutic supplement food compared with standard therapy to see its benefits in management of cancer-related under-nutrition in children.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Newly registered treatment naïve malnourished children diagnosed with cancer.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/06/005896
- Lead Sponsor
- ICEF and Nutrition Rehabilitation Research Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 260
Inclusion Criteria
1.Newly diagnosed children with cancer
2.Age : 2-15 years
3.Malnutrition: Weight-for- Age <90% IBW, or mid-arm circumference <10th Percentile for age or BMI for age < -1 SD)and a good appetite based on oral inake& appetite screening test
Exclusion Criteria
1.Tumors involving pharynx or likely to receive RT to head/neck region
2.Children judged to be too ill to participate at the discretion of the attending physician (including intractable vomiting, diarrhea, mucositis, severe infections, hemodynamic instability).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method