Clinical trial · Interventional
Nutritional Status Assessment in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy or Chemo-radiotherapy
Nutritional Assessment of Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients Who Underwent Exclusive or Adjuvant Radiotherapy or Chemo-radiotherapy
- 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)
Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are standard treatment of head and neck cancer alone or associated to surgical treatment. Early (during treatment or the following weeks) and late side effects contribute to malnutrition in this population at risk. In this context, nutritional support adapted by dietary monitoring and enteral nutrition (nasogastric tube or gastrostomy) are often necessary. The early identification of the patients with high malnutrition risk and requiring enteral nutrition is necessary to improve the tolerance and efficacy of treatment. This prospective study research the factors of malnutrition during head and neck radiotherapy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| weekly assessment of patient's weight | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Nutrition state determination
- description
- Determination of nutritional state and inflammatory status: weekly assessment of patient's weight biological parameters (albumin, transthyretin, orosomucoid) and weekly assessment of patient's weight
- interventionNames
- Other: weekly assessment of patient's weight
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- weight
- timeFrame
- one year
- description
- Measure of weight ( in Kg)
Secondary outcomes (13)
- measure
- Nutritional status determination
- timeFrame
- 3 months
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Males or females older than 18 years * Performance Status 0 or 1 or 2 * Locally advanced head and neck cancer treated with a curative intent treatment consisting of either concomitant chemo-radiotherapy or adjuvant radiation therapy or adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy. * Signed Informed Consent Exclusion Criteria: * Other cancer or previous cancer within 2 years or evolutive cancer * Performance Status 3 or 4 * NGT or PEG at screening period * Any legal, social, psychological reasons that could jeopardize the patient's compliance to the study constrains.
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