Clinical trial · Interventional
Immunonutrition and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Undergoing Oncological Treatment
Immunonutrition to Improve Quality of Life of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients Undergoing Oncological Treatment
NCT01423799CI-TRIAL-00019770NeoimmunecompletedPhase 3ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to compare the health-related quality of life following dietary supplementation with an immunonutrition formulation vs an isocaloric/isoprotein control diet supplement in patients suffering from upper digestive tract neoplasia undergoing oncological treatment.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastrointestinal Cancer | Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isocaloric control | Dietary Supplement | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Nutritional supplements containing arginine, n-3 and nucleotides | Dietary Supplement | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Nutritional product
- description
- Nutritional intervention containing immuno-nutrients
- interventionNames
- Dietary Supplement: Nutritional supplements containing arginine, n-3 and nucleotides
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control Group
- description
- Isocaloric and isonitrogenous control without immuno nutrients.
- interventionNames
- Dietary Supplement: Isocaloric control
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Quality of Life (QOL), measured with the EORTC QLQ-C30
- timeFrame
- QOL will me measured 30 days post-surgery
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically proven GI cancer. * Age ≥ 18 years. * Life expectancy more than 3 months. * Female patients of child-bearing potential must be willing to employ effective contraception during the study period. * Female patients of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (βhCG) test at Visit 0. * The patient is able to communicate effectively with study personnel and is considered reliable, willing, and cooperative in terms of compliance with the protocol requirements. * The patient voluntarily gives written informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe concomitant clinical conditions other than the previously untreated digestive tract cancer that jeopardise the protocol follow-up. * The patient is pregnant or is a lactating woman. * Currently participating or having participated in another interventional clinical trial related to nutritional support during the 30 days prior to the beginning of the study product intake, except if this other interventional trial is testing new drug or surgical intervention. (Note: participation in a prior or concurrent clinical trial not related to nutritional support does not exclude the patient from participation.) * Other malignancies in the last 5 years (except for successfully treated in situ basocellular skin and in situ cervical uterine tumours). * Patients with more than 20% weight loss over a 6 months period.
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