Enhancing Quality of Life in Cancer Patients Through Tailored Nutrition Support: a Comprehensive Approach

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Cancer
• Interventions: Other: Nutritional support tool

• Registration Number: NCT06628141
• Lead Sponsor: UOMi Cancer Center

Brief Summary

The study aims to investigate the impact of a dedicated nutritional assistance tool on patients with cancer and to measure its effects on several proposed indicators.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-11-14
• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-22
• Status Verified: 2024-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-10-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-02
• Study First Posted: 2024-10-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-04
• Primary Completion: 2024-11
• Study Completion: 2024-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients affected by cancer, who decided to participate to the study, signed the informed consent and whose life expectancy is higher than 1 (one) year.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with an eating disorder of psychiatric or psychological origin, diagnosed before cancer treatment.
• Any other exclusion criteria as determined by the oncologist based on the patient's ability to successfully complete the program.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutritional support tool	Nutritional support tool	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Outcome Measure: Dietary Adherence	1 year	Dietary adherence will be measured by comparing the planned recipes provided to participants with the meals they report consuming each week. Participants receive 21 recipe suggestions (7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinners) via a mobile app. The following tools and methods will assess adherence: Mobile Application Tracking: The app tracks participants' views of recipes and ingredient purchases via the integrated shopping list.; Weekly Questionnaire: A self-reported questionnaire asks if participants: Followed the recipes using ingredients purchased via the app. Prepared recipes with their own ingredients. Ate meals not included in the plan. Adherence Calculation: Adherence is calculated as the ratio of recipes followed (via app or self-preparation) to the total number of recommended recipes (21 per week), expressed as a percentage.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UOMI Cancer Center Clínica Mi Tres Torres; 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain