Head and neck cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:Comprehensive nutritional therapy
Sponsors
Department of Clinical Nutrition, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 18 and 75 years old; 2. Patients who are diagnosed as head and neck malignancies and first planned to undergo radiotherapy;(According to the NCCN2014); 3. Patients are conscious, no communication barriers, and able to answer the questionnaires of the study; 4. Patienst are willing to provided written informed consent and participate in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Uncontrolled or severe heart, liver, lung, and kidney disease; 2. Equipped with a pacemaker; 3. Patients with pleural or peritoneal effusion 4. Diabetics; 5. Received daily oral nutrition supplement before enrollment; 6. Received radiotherapy for any tumor before; 7. Participating in other clinical investigations; 8. Willing to participate in the study, but no provide the written inform.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Body weight, BW; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Body Mass Index, BMI;mild arm circumstance, MAC;triceps skinfold thickness, TSF;mild arm muscle circumstance, MAMC;handgrip strength, HGS;calf circumstance, CC;patient-generated subjective global assessment, PG-SGA;EORTC QLO-C30;self-rating depression scale, SDS;total protein, TP;albumin, ALB;otal lymphocyte count, TLC;prealbumin, PA;neutrophil count, NC;hemoglobin, Hb;blood platelet, PLT;red blood cell, RBC;white blood cell, WBC;Karnofsky (KPS);oral mucositis;stand - walk test;Body composition analysis; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactHongxia Xu
Department of Clinical Nutrition, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University
Outcome results
None listed