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NCT Number: NCT00665691

Pilot Test for a Newly Developed Nutrition Screening Method: Pediatric Subjective Global Assessment

Researchers are studying ways to predict if cancer patients are at risk for poor nutrition during their chemotherapy treatment. They hope to identify children with nutrition problems early in treatment. This may help prevent weight loss and other nutrition problems later in treatment.

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Key information

Conditions

Compare Two Nutrition Screening Tools

Age range

2 year–16 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

About this study

The PEDSGA is a newly developed nutrition tool that includes a training manual that be used to teach health care professionals to identify at-risk patients by doing a nutrition physical exam. The PEDSGA also includes questions that the patient/caregiver answers regarding appetite, recent treatment, and activity level. This method of screening is new and may be able to identify at-risk patients better than the standard method. This study will use both methods and evaluate the two, in hope of determining which method works best to identify at-risk patients.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital patient between 2 and 16 years of age who is actively receiving treatment for a hematologic or solid tumor malignancy
  • Patient is not admitted to the transplant service
  • Patient is able to read English or Spanish

Treatment and study plan

Nutritional Screening Tools

Other

To compare the nutrition risk identification abilities of two nutrition screening tools: PEDSGA tool and the standard assessment tool.

Primary outcomes

  1. To compare the ability of two nutrition screening tools to identify nutritionally at risk patients

    Time frame: Within 90 days of study completion

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2003
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Apr 24, 2008
Registry last updated
Apr 26, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.