Effect of elemental diet on prognosis in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer receiving chemotherapy (Observational study)

Effect of elemental diet on prognosis in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer receiving chemotherapy (Observational study) - Effect of elemental diet in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000021093

Enrollment

Registered

2016-02-19

Start date

2016-02-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Pancreatic cancer

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients receiving chemotherapy for unresectable pancreatic cancer, and who gave a consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age under 20 years 2. Allergy to Elental 3. Incontrolable diabetes 4. Pregnant women 5. Breastfeeding women 6. Patients with amino acid disorder 7. Patients whom physician considered unqualifiable

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Adherence to chemotherapy 2. Adherence to elemental diet 3. Gastrointestinal symptoms 4. Change in nutrition status: body weight, WBC, Total protein, albumin, glucose, HbA1c, cholesterol, triglyceride, cholinesterase, CRP 5. Change in sarcopenia	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTeru Kumagi

Ehime University Hospital Gastroenterology

terukuma@m.ehime-u.ac.jp089-960-5308

Outcome results