Clinical trial · Interventional
Oral Nutritional Supplement Preferences in Patients With Cancer
Taste and Smell Alterations and Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS) Preferences in Patients With Cancer
- 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)
Patients diagnosed with cancer have a particularly high risk of developing malnutrition due to the disease itself and due to symptoms of cancer treatments that can affect food intake such as reduced appetite, nausea, fatigue, and alterations in taste and smell. Nutritional treatment is essential in the prevention and treatment of malnutrition. Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) are often recommended to cancer patients who need to increase their nutritional intake and are unable to meet their nutritional requirements by consumption of normal food alone. However, patient compliance with ONS depends on sensory acceptability of such products. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate preferences of sensory characteristics of ONS among cancer patients. Additionally, possible associations between taste and smell alterations and dietary intake, malnutrition risk, and quality of life will be investigated. The results from this study will optimize recommendations of ONS in the clinical setting and encourage new efforts among manufacturers in developing acceptable sensory characteristics of ONS to cancer patients. Findings from this study will contribute to improving nutritional treatment for cancer patients.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malnutrition | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taste session of five ONS flavors | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Taste preferences of five ONS flavors
- description
- Taste session with corresponding questionnaires
- interventionNames
- Other: Taste session of five ONS flavors
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Flavor liking of five different oral nutritional supplement flavors.
- timeFrame
- 30 minutes
- description
- To evaluate patient liking of five different oral nutritional supplement flavors using a taste test and a questionnaire with a 9-point Hedonic scale (possible score from 1 to 9) assessing flavor liking. A higher score indicates better liking.
Secondary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Self-reported taste and smell alterations.
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Ambulatory patients diagnosed with lung cancer * Patients receiving cancer treatment of different types * Age 18 years or more * Provided signed informed consent * Understand written and oral Norwegian Exclusion Criteria: * Severe mental or cognitive disorders * Contraindication to consume ONS (dysphagia, inability to swallow oral nutritional supplements) * Allergic or intolerant to any of the ingredients in the ONS * Terminally ill patients (\<3 months to live) * A clinically significant disease or condition that could, in the investigator's opinion make the patient unfit for the study
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available