Clinical trial · Interventional
Meals on Wheels, the Effect of a Home Food-delivery Service for Cancer Patients
Meals on Wheels, a Randomized Controlled Study on the Effect of a Home Food-delivery Service for Cancer Patients
NCT02093312CI-TRIAL-00062828RUMLEcompletedN/AClinicalTrials.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 overall objective of the study is to investigate the effect of energy- and protein enriched home delivered meals vs. habitual diet in malnourished patients suffering from cancer on various endpoints.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulant | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Malnourished | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home food-delivery service | Dietary Supplement | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- The control group is not offered any home food-delivery service, but continues with their habitual diet
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention group
- description
- The intervention group is offered home food-delivery service
- interventionNames
- Dietary Supplement: Home food-delivery service
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Quality of Life
- timeFrame
- 6 weeks (change from baseline)
- description
- To assess the Global QoL, a questionnaire from the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-30, version 3, will be used. This is a validated, cancer-specific questionnaire with a total of 30 questions, looking back at the past week. The scoring of QoL is based on 2 specific questions with response options ranging from 1-7 which indicate very bad to very good. A Danish version of the questionnaire will be used.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Have a nutritional risk score ≥ 3 according to NRS-2002 (Kondrup J. et al. 2003) * Be diagnosed with lung cancer * Have a life expectancy \> 12 weeks * Not plan to loose weight or go on a diet * Not plan to go on vacation for \> 2 weeks during the study period * Live at their own home * Live ≤ 25 km from the hospital * Be able to read, write and understand Danish Exclusion Criteria: * Receives food from a food-delivery service * Have food allergies or intolerance * Exclusively receives enteral or parenteral nutrition * Suffers from cognitive impairment e.g. dementia * Is terminal
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTLeedo E, Gade J, Granov S, Mellemgaard A, Klausen TW, Rask K, Astrup A. The Effect of a Home Delivery Meal Service of Energy- and Protein-Rich Meals on Quality of Life in Malnourished Outpatients Suffering from Lung Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutr Cancer. 2017 Apr;69(3):444-453. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2017.1283421. Epub 2017 Feb 17. PMID 28287324