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NCT Number: NCT06477341

The Effect of Active Nutritional Support On Quality Of Life In Patients With Head And Neck Cancer Receiving Radiotherapy

note effect of appropriate nutrition on head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy

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Key information

Conditions

Head and Neck Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Reham mohamed

Asyut, Egypt

About this study

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide with more than half a million new cases diagnosed each year . Because of the limitations imposed by the complicated anatomical structure of the head and neck to the operation, radiotherapy (RT) has become the main treatment method for HNC. However, damage to the normal tissue surrounding the tumor is inevitable. The most common manifestations of injury caused by RT are mucositis with the dry mouth, loss of taste, and dysphagia. The severe dysphagia leads to a definitive total impossibility of eating through the mouth in 20-30% of patients. Radiation-induced oral mucositis (RIOM) is a common side effect after radiotherapy (RT) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. RIOM patients with severe pain have difficulty in eating, which increases the incidence of malnutrition and affects patients' quality of life and the process of RT.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • head and neck cancer patients with age >18
  • Newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients
  • histological proven HNC cancer
  • head and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy or chemo radiotherapy

Exclusion criteria

  • Advanced and Metastatic head and neck cancer patients
  • head and neck cancer patients treated with chemotherapy only

Treatment and study plan

various available nutrition as those contain high protein content as ensure milk

Dietary Supplement

note effect with usually prescribed suitable oral and parenteral nutrition for head and neck cancers receiving radiotherapy

Primary outcomes

  1. nutritional status of patients

    Time frame: two years

    Follow up improvement by evaluating weight in kg and height in meters to calculate body mass index in kg / m^2

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assiut University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Active Nutritional Support On The Incidence Of Mucositis And Quality Of Life In Patients With Head And Neck Cancer Receiving Radiotherapy

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jun 27, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 12, 2025

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