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Immunonutrition and Tolerance to Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Head-neck Cancer

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorFondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Started2021-03-17
Est. completion2026-11-15
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT04611113

Summary

The aim of the present project is to evaluate in a randomised, controlled, open-label, two parallel treatment groups pilot study, the efficacy of oral nutritional supplementation with a high-protein-high calorie mixture containing immunonutrients compared to a standard high-calorie-high-protein nutritional blend, in addition to nutritional counseling, in improving tolerance to chemoradiotherapy (CT-RT) in patients with tumours of the head and neck

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* diagnosis of head-neck cancer
* indication to curative or adjuvant chemoradiotherapy
* availability to planned measurements and to written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* age \<18 years
* indication to or ongoing artificial nutrition
* refusal

Conditions2

CancerHead and Neck Cancer

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