Cachexia; Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
cachexia, cancer, multimodal intervention
Brief summary
A single-arm intervention study assessing the feasibility of a multimodal intervention of management of cancer cachexia in patients with non-small cell lung cancer during primary anti-neoplastic treatment. The effects of the intervention is compared to a historical control group
Detailed description
In a single arm intervention study, we will provide a multimodal intervention consisting of dietary counselling, physical exercises plan as well as fish oil. The target of the dietary counselling is: * 30 kcal/kg/d (in patients with BMI \<30) or 25 kcal/kg/d (in patients with BMI =\> 30) * at least 1.0 g protein/kg/d * three daily meals of at least 20 g of protein * restrict overnight fasting to a maximum of 11 hours The initial dietary counselling is at the first cycle of anti-neoplastic treatment. The patient will be provided an individual plan to meet the dietary targets tailored to the individual preferences and symptoms. At every cycle of anti-neoplastic treatment, the plan will be adjusted if needed. At every week the patients will be prompted by telephone to comply with the dietary plan. The physical exercise consists of two exercises: * strength training: a progressive sit-to-stand exercise which is a lower extremity exercise. * cardio-vascular training: a progressive brisk walking plan. Patients are prompted to execute both exercises twice weekly. The individual targets are set at the first cycle of anti-neoplastic treatment and adjusted during the trial. Fish oil: The patients are instructed to ingest 10g of liquid fish oil (consisting of 2 g EPA/DHA) or 8 capsules of fish oil (consisting of 2 g EPA/DHA)
Interventions
OTHERmultimodal
2 g EPA/DHA as fish oil, repeated dietary counselling and twice weekly 2 x exercises
Sponsors
Aalborg University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Masking description
Non-randomised
Intervention model description
This is a single arm intervention study, comparing the results to that of a historical control Group.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* histopathologically or cytologically verified with NSCLC * inoperable tumour, candidates for, but naïve to or no systemic anti-neoplastic treatment the previous two years * commence first line of chemotherapy (carboplatin/vinorelbin, cisplatin/vinorelbin) with or without radiation therapy or pembrolizumab * performance status ≤2 (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) * age \>18 and provided oral * written consent
Exclusion criteria
* excessive alcohol or drug abuse * incapable to follow the intervention (i.e. cognitive problems or unable to walk) were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility, recruitment rate | 9 months | Recruitment rate is measured by dividing the number of patients consented by the number of patients screened |
| Feasibility, retention rate | 9 months | Retention rate is measured by dividing the number of patients completing the trial with the number of patients consented |
| Feasibility, compliance | 9-18 weeks | The overall compliance was defined successful if at least half of the included patients reached at least 75 % of the nutrient target, consumed at least 75 % of the fish oil and conducted at least 50 % of the physical exercises |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of patients gaining, maintaining and wasting of skeletal muscle | 9-18 weeks | expressed as number of patients. Gaining defined as at least +6 Square centimeter skeletal muscle. Maintaining defined as: +/- 5.9 Square centimeter skeletal muscle. Wasting defined as: at least -6 Square centimeter skeletal muscle |
| Predictive and prognostic factors of change in skeletal muscle | 9-18 weeks | Change in skeletal muscle was measured using CT scans, analysed at the 3rd lumbar vertebra, expressed as actual change in square centimeter. Using an ordinal logistic regression model, patients were ordered in three Groups (muscle wasting: loss of at least 6 cm\^2 ; muscle maintenance: +/- 5.9 cm\^2; muscle gain: gain of at least 6.0 cm\^2). The baseline variables included in the model are age, gender, tumor stage, type of treatment, performance status, inflammatory score (mGPS) and cachexia. The possible prognostic factors included in the model is change in body weight, adherence to the anti-neoplastic treatment plan, treatment response, compliance to the multimodal intervention, number of Nutrition impact symptoms, days in between CT scans, energy and protein intake. |
| Change in physical function | 9-18 weeks | assessed by timed-up-and-go test (expressed in number of seconds) and assessed by 30 seconds sit-to-stand test (expressed as number of stands). |
| Group difference in body weight | 9-18 weeks | The change in body weight (measured at baseline and at the end of the trial using body weight scales, expressed as % |
| Group difference in skeletal muscle | 9-18 weeks | Change in skeletal muscle (measured using CT scans, expressed as actual muscle change at the 3rd lumbar vertebra in mean (SD) cm\^2 |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed