Clinical trial · Interventional
The Impact of a Home Delivered Meal Service in Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy
The Impact of FoodforCare at Home on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy.
NCT03382171CI-TRIAL-00047590completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
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- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Cancer patients receiving treatment such as chemotherapy experience a variety of symptoms that interfere with their appetite and their ability to eat and enjoy meals. Therefore, adapting meals in a way that responds to these symptoms might be a good strategy to improve patient satisfaction, nutritional status and hence, quality of life. In this vein, the investigators hypothesize that meals from FoodforCare at Home will contribute to the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy when compared to usual care.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Malnutrition | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| FoodforCare at home | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- FoodforCare group
- description
- The intervention group will receive meals from FoodforCare at Home. The FoodforCare at Home concept consists of five to six small protein and energy enriched meals that will be delivered twice a week. After an individual intake, the composition of the dishes will be tailored to the needs of the patient in terms of composition, diet, taste, flavor and portion size. Besides the meals, patients in the intervention group will also receive an information leaflet about the importance of protein during treatment and how to reach their protein requirements.
- interventionNames
- Other: FoodforCare at home
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual care group
- description
- The control group will continue their usual diet for 3 weeks and have no restrictions to their diet.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Quality of life and overall health status
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * age 18 years or older * diagnosed with cancer * receiving chemotherapy according to a minimum schedule of every 2 weeks * living within a 40 km radius around the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre * written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * renal insufficiency (MDRD-GFR (glomerular filtration rate) \< 60ml/min and/or proteinuria)\* * dementia or any other condition which makes it impossible to fill out questionnaires correctly * unable to understand or speak Dutch * depending on artificial nutrition in the form of Oral Nutritional Supplements, tube feeding or total parenteral nutrition * swallowing or passage problems * proteinuria is defined in case of a protein creatinine ratio \> 0.5g/10mmol or an albuminuria \> 300mg/day. This is checked by default before the start of chemotherapy by the treating physician to decide whether or not the patient is eligible for receiving chemotherapy.
References
Publications (7)
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