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NCT Number: NCT07307404

Web-based Platform for Nutrition Management in Patients With Cancer

It is crucial to promptly identify nutritional issues in these patients within the community and provide them with dietary guidance, nutritional counseling, and support. This study will be conducted in communities in Chengdu, Sichuan. Community management teams will register oncology patients, collecting information such as demographic data, tumor type, stage, specific treatment plan, treatment hospital, regularity of hospital admissions, and frequency of independent smartphone use. Registered patients will be screened based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. For those who meet the criteria, the community management team will contact them and recommend the use of a dedicated app developed by the research team. An initial nutritional assessment will also be conducted. Patients identified with nutritional risks will be directly referred to the research team's clinical nutritionists for face-to-face consultations. After additional tests, such as body composition analysis, necessary nutritional education and stepwise nutritional interventions will be provided. These patients will also use the app for dietary monitoring and nutritional guidance. For patients without nutritional risks, the app will be recommended for daily questionnaire completion and activity tracking.

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Key information

Conditions

Nutrition Neoplasms

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

West China hospital

Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Xingchen Peng

CONTACT

[email protected]

18980606753

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Pathologically confirmed malignant tumor;
  • PG-SGA score of 4-9 points;
  • Age: ≥18 years, with an expected survival time of more than 1 year;
  • Possesses adequate cognitive and reading abilities to complete questionnaires and use the APP.

Exclusion criteria

  • Presence of neurological or psychiatric disorders affecting cognitive function, including central nervous system metastasis of tumors;
  • Suffering from conditions severely impacting digestion, metabolism, or food intake;
  • Patients in the cachexia stage or refractory cachexia phase.

Treatment and study plan

nutrtion care based on app

Other

Self-Intervention: During the period of staying at home, patients use the app developed by the team for self-intervention, including dietary monitoring and check-ins, nutritional risk assessment, learning of educational knowledge, and online expert consultations.

Community Intervention: When nutritional risks are detected, pop-up alerts will notify patients to communicate with the community management team. Patients can seek basic nutritional consultations and receive advice from the community management team. If necessary, the management team will refer patients to relevant higher-level hospital outpatient clinics for further care. If patients experience other issues related to their primary condition, the community management team will refer them to community healthcare providers for consultation and treatment.

The community will also organize thematic lectures on nutritional management for cancer patients, with oncologists and nutritionists providing regular voluntary consultation

Primary outcomes

  1. body weight change

    Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention；every 2 weeks after randomization until 6 moths.

    change of body weight during the trail

Secondary outcomes

  1. PG-SGA

    Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention；every 2 weeks after randomization until 6 moths.

    assessed using the PG-SGA score

  2. NRS2002

    Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention；every 2 weeks after randomization until 6 moths.

    using nutrition risk screening [NRS 2002]

Other outcomes

  1. EORTC QLQ C30

    Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention；every 4 weeks after randomization until 6 moths.

    using Quality-of-Life Questionnaire Core 30

  2. caregiver burden

    Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention；every 4 weeks after randomization until 6 moths.

    using the 12-Item Zarit Burden Interview [ZBI]

  3. psychology characteristics

    Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention；every 4 weeks after randomization until 6 moths.

    Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Xingchen Peng

CONTACT

[email protected]

18980606753

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Xingchen Peng

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Web-based Platform for Nutrition Management in Patients With Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Dec 29, 2025
Registry last updated
Dec 29, 2025

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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.

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