Onderzoek naar (signaalstoffen van) de voedingstoestand bij patienten met een tumor in de long, borst, prostaat of dikke darm.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- precachexia, cachexia, cancerprecachexie, cachexie, kanker
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24155
- Lead Sponsor
- VU University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
4.2.1Inclusion criteria for cohort (part 1, not-WMO):
1. Adults (> 18 years);
Exclusion Criteria
1. Ascites (for which treatment is necessary) or serious pitting edema;
2. Chemotherapy treatment in the past month;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the prevalence of (pre)cachexia (based on the current definition) in patients with advanced cancer scheduled for treatment with chemotherapy.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To determine the prevalence of pre-cachexia and cachexia related to the type of tumour (part 1, not-WMO);<br /><br>2. To determine the reproducibility and validity of the measurement of pre-cachexia and cachexia at two consecutive time points (at minimum one week apart from each other) in one patient (part 1, not-WMO);<br /><br>3. To determine whether potential biomarkers of pre-cachexia can be identified in a subgroup of cancer patients with stage III/IV non-small cell lung cancer (part 2, WMO).