Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Chemotherapy, nutrition, self-care, care/caregiver relationship, fasting
Brief summary
Patients treated for cancer nowadays have many means of information and tend to become more and more involved in their health. The interest of a therapeutic fast with detoxifying or even curative properties, with a specific indication for cancer patients treated by chemotherapy, is nowadays relayed by the media. To date, there are no studies conducted on the scope of this information in cancer patients or on the attitudes of oncologists towards this practice and possible positioning requests from patients. We hypothesize that the choice of this practice and its modalities are rarely discussed with oncologists, although it may have deleterious repercussions on the patient's health. We propose a research based on the principles of sociological intervention. Its objectives are a first review of the issue and the establishment of a joint working group, including patients, carers and researchers, which will propose solutions to improve the patient/carer dialogue on this issue.
Detailed description
Patients treated for cancer nowadays have many means of information and tend to become more and more involved in their health. The interest of a therapeutic fast with detoxifying or even curative properties, with a specific indication for cancer patients treated by chemotherapy, is nowadays relayed by the media. To date, there are no studies conducted on the scope of this information in cancer patients or on the attitudes of oncologists towards this practice and possible positioning requests from patients. We hypothesize that the choice of this practice and its modalities are rarely discussed with oncologists, although it may have deleterious repercussions on the patient's health. We propose a research based on the principles of sociological intervention. Its objectives are a first review of the issue and the establishment of a joint working group, including patients, carers and researchers, which will propose solutions to improve the patient/carer dialogue on this issue.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALFilling a questionnaire and interviewDescription
The questionnaire focuses on the dietary practices of patients treated with chemotherapy. It consists of 35 questions, completing an average of 20 minutes. Interviews will be conducted with patients who have changed their diet since the beginning of their treatment in order to further develop the results of the quantitative survey.
Sponsors
Ligue contre le cancer, France
Institut de Cancérologie de la Loire
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Major patients, follow-up on Institut de Cancerology Lucien Neuwirth day service chemotherapy treatment * Patient affiliated or entitled to a social security scheme * Patient who received informed information about the study * Patient able to read French Patients participating in the qualitative study:
Exclusion criteria
* Refusal to participate, protected adult person, under guardianship or curatorship * Person unable to understand the conduct of the study * Person with a documented history of cognitive or psychiatric disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of patients who voluntarily changed their eating habits | 1 year | Number of patients who voluntarily changed their eating habits will be reported |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of patients on therapeutic fasting or restrictive diet during chemotherapy treatment | 1 year | Number of patients on therapeutic fasting or restrictive diet during chemotherapy treatment will be reported |
| Number of patients using complementary or alternative medicines | 1 year | Number of patients using complementary or alternative medicines will be reported |
| Number of patients discussing these different practices with their oncologist | 1 year | Number of patients discussing these different practices with their oncologist will be reported |
| Number of patients discussing these different practices with other caregivers | 1 year | Number of patients discussing these different practices with other caregivers will be reported |
Countries
France
Contacts
Primary ContactPierre Fournel, MD
Backup ContactVéronique Régnier-Denois
Outcome results
None listed