Comparison of Tumor Glucose Metabolism Before and After Artificial Nutrition

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle20 enrolled

Overview

Evaluate the feasability to determine the difference of tumoral metabolism before and after artificial nutrition.

Evaluation of the feasability to determine the difference of tumoral metabolism before and after artificial nutrition. This activity will be measured with TEP/TDM 18F-FDG

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer Oesophageal Cancer

Interventions

PET/TDMDEVICE

Evaluation of nutrition absorption by TEP/TDM

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * VADS cancer or oesophageal cancer * Evaluation by 18F-FDG PET * denutrition with weight loss of 5% * Artificial nutrition * ECOG\<2 Exclusion Criteria: * Treatment by chemotherapy, surgery unless 2 months * Treatment by radiotherapy unless 4 months * Capillar glycemia \>12mmol/l during the PET

Locations (1)

ICM Val d'Aurelle

Montpellier, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

rate of Standardized Uptake Value (SUV)

The variation of the SUVmax is defined as the difference of the tumoral SUV max between the TEP1 and the TEP2

Time frame: 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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