NutriCare Plus a Medically Tailored Meal Intervention Among Patients With Lung Cancer (NCT04986670) | Clinical Trial Compass
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NutriCare Plus a Medically Tailored Meal Intervention Among Patients With Lung Cancer
United States299 participantsStarted 2020-11-24
Plain-language summary
The NutriCare study aims to develop, implement, and evaluate the efficacy of an innovative intervention strategy (medically tailored meals plus nutrition counseling) to integrate nutrition into the standard of care for oncology to improve outcomes of vulnerable patients with lung cancer. The NutriCare study evaluates the efficacy of the intervention on optimizing nutritional status, reducing treatment-related toxicities, and improving the quality of life of patients with lung cancer who are economically disadvantaged, uninsured, racial and ethnic minorities, elderly, and/or rural residents from four major medical centers in diverse regions of the United States (U.S.). There will be two cohorts for NutriCare with cohort 1 recruiting 150 patients completing an 8-month intervention and cohort 2 recruiting 120 patients completing a 6-month intervention.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years ā 100 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion criteria
ā. Adults (18+ years of age)
ā. Newly diagnosed patients with lung cancer (non-small cell and small cell lung cancer):
ā. Vulnerable patients who meet at least one of the following criteria:
ā. Voluntarily provide consent, HIPPA authorization form, and consent from treating oncologist.
ā. Able to speak and read English themselves or with minimal help.
ā. Able to receive medically-tailored meals for the course of the study if being assigned to the intervention arm, and willing to sign the MTM agreement.
Exclusion criteria
ā. Cognitively unable to consent or have physical or mental limitations that would prevent full participation in the program.
ā. Have medical conditions that significantly impact digestion, metabolism, or food intake (e.g., surgical loss of esophagus, stomach, or colon; pancreas dysfunction; brain surgery that alters cognition; severe food allergies; etc.) or have active metabolic or digestive illnesses (i.e., Celiac disease, IBS, renal insufficiency, hepatic insufficiency).
What they're measuring
1
Nutritional Intake
Timeframe: Baseline, 3-month, and 6 months [for cohort 2] or 8 months [for cohort 1]
2
Weight
Timeframe: Recorded at each clinical visit. From date of beginning baseline until the date of completing the final (6 or 8 month) study visit, an average of 3-4 clinic visits dependent on course of treatment.
ā. Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the study.
ā. Unable to receive medically-tailored meals for the course of the study if being assigned to the intervention arm, including lack of a permanent address to which meals can be delivered (a friend or home address is acceptable given it is used on a consistent basis), not having a fully functioning kitchen with a microwave or oven for cooking, not having a standard-sized refrigerator with a freezer with storage capacity to hold one week's worth of meals; or unwilling to sign the MTM agreement.