Breast neoplasms
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult volunteers; age between 20 and 59 years; with diagnosis of breast cancer; with clinical and cognitive conditions to participate in the study stages; have not started any specific type of oncological treatment; have indication for neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment; nutritional risk; not being in nutritional outpatient follow-up and have recent computed tomography of total abdomen.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Volunteers who are already undergoing some kind of cancer treatment; with AIDS diagnosis; non-cancerous liver diseases; tuberculosis; neurological disorders; at nutritional risk and with computed tomography prior to 60 days.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life assessment, verified through the application of validated questionnaires: QLQ C-30 and QLQ Br23 of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), based on the finding of a variation of at least 5% in pre and post-intervention measurements. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Toxicity assessment, verified through the application of specific questionnaires prepared by the researcher considering the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) classifications. The information will be obtained from records in medical records and self-report of the volunteers, during three cycles of chemotherapy, from the observation of a variation of at least 5% in the pre and post-intervention measurements.;Nutritional assessment, verified by means of food anamnesis, evaluation of biochemical exams collected in medical records, anthropometric evaluation, with measurement of weight, height and waist (CC) and hip circumference (QC) measurements and global subjective evaluation produced by the patient (ASG-PPP), from the observation of a variation of at least 5% in pre and post-intervention measurements. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN