neuroendocrine tumor vitamin
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: * Adult patients aged * 18 years * NET-patients with serotonine producing or non-serotonin producing tumors, with gastro-intestinal, pancreatic, bronchopulmonary or unknown primary tumor site and with metastasized or irresectable disease. * Ability to comprehend Dutch (both reading and writing). * Written informed consent provided. * Use of somatostatin analogue for > 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: * Estimated life expectancy less than 6 months. * Patients who have a history of another primary malignancy, except for radical and adequately treated malignancies from which the patient has been disease free for * 1 year. * Major abdominal surgery during study period. * Patients already participated in the DIVIT-pilot study * Known hypersensitivity of (components of) somatostatin analogue
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary endpoint is the change in the proportion of patients with normal vitamin values measured with quantitative analysis of blood and urine. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary endpoint will be the nutrition state (Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment PG/SGA), distress measured by the distress thermometer and change in quality of life as determined by the NET-specific EORTC QLQ-GINET21 and the cancer-specific EORTC QLQ-C30, and the difference of self-reported healthy eating pattern. Furthermore a semi qualitative interview will be performed at t=18 to investigate the satisfaction of patients about the intervention. | — |
Countries
The Netherlands