The Effect of Nutritional Counseling for Cancer Patients
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Uterine Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Esophageal Cancer focused on measuring cancer, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, nutrition, dietary counseling, quality of life
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult, consecutive outpatients referred for either palliative or preoperative chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy of cancers in the stomach or the pelvic area.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lack of ability to understand danish language and the instructions given
Sites / Locations
- Departmen of Oncology, Rigshospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Nutritional counseling and Forticare®
Control
Weekly nutritional counseling and Forticare®. The goal being an intake that met the protein and energy requirements according to Harris-Benedict equation multiplied with an individual activity factor (1,1-1,5) and a stress factor (1,0-1,1). Daily protein requirements were estimated to 1,5 g/kg per day. In addition to the counseling, the patients in the intervention group were offered a high-protein nutrition supplement containing n-3 fatty acids (Forticare®, Nutricia). The recommended daily dose contained 2531 kJ, 33.8 g protein and 2.2 g EPA.
The control group was nutritionally instructed by the nurses with the possibility to call for a dietician not related to the study if needed. No fixed schemes. Apart from the nutritional element the patients had the same care and therapy, including treatment of pain and side-effects to the treatment.