Malnutrition in esophagus cancer
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- All patients of pretreatment carcinoma esophagus
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/12/006451
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1400
Inclusion Criteria
Biopsy proven cases of esophageal cancer irrespective of their site (upper, middle or lower), histology (squamous or adenocarcinoma) or stage
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previous treatment for esophageal cancer in any form, i.e., surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.
2. No histological diagnosis
3. Benign esophageal disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method prevalence of malnutrition at diagnosis in patients with esophageal cancerTimepoint: 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Concordance between the SGA, MUST and the MNA scoring systems. <br/ ><br>2.To estimate the sensitivity and specificity of the MUST and MNA scales as compared to the SGA. <br/ ><br>3.To study the predictors for malnutrition among patients with esophageal cancer. <br/ ><br>4.Temporal trends in nutrition status on treatment (longitudinal changes over time while on treatment and after completion of treatment) <br/ ><br>5. Correlation between the nutritional status with the complications while on treatmentTimepoint: 2 years