Role of a diet(neutropenic diet) in reducing infections in children on chemotherapeutic drugs for cancer
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/09/021252
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
1. Paediatric oncology patients aged 3-14 years receiving strongly myelosuppressive chemotherapy
2. Taking more than 50 % caloric intake per orally at time of inclusion in the study
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients unwilling to give consent
2. Patients receiving myeloablative chemotherapy in preparation for allogeneic or autologous
bone marrow or stem cell transplant.
3. Co-morbidity with immunosuppressive disease such as AIDS.
4. Patients with documented infection at time of enrolment.
5. Patients who are not fed orally (G-tube dependant, TPN-dependant) at time of enrolment
6. Patients actively receiving radiation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method