Early Enteral Nutritional Supplementation on Patients With Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer Undergoing Radio(Chemo)Therapy After Surgical

Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University110 enrolled

Overview

The target population in the present study is Chinese patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer who plan to receive radio(chemo)therapy after surgical resection in the outpatient department. Investigators hypothesize that early enteral nutrition intervention, which is initiated 2 weeks before the start of postoperative radio(chemo)therapy treatment and added on demand during radiotherapy, will improve patients' nutritional status, tolerability to the radio(chemo)therapy, quality of life, and other clinical outcomes compared to commencement of oral nutritional supplements during the course of irradiation treatment. There are two cohorts in this trial, cohort 1 included patients with oral nutritional supplements and cohort 2 included patients with tube feeding (nasogastric tube or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy).

This clinical trial will be conducted in a single-center, prospective, and randomized manner. In this protocol, the standard radio(chemo)therapy duration is 6-7 weeks. Early enteral nutrition intervention (EEN) refers to starting enteral nutrition intervention 2 weeks before post-operative radio(chemo)therapy begins and stopping this intervention when post-operative radio(chemo)therapy completes. Standard enteral nutrition intervention (SEN) refers to starting of enteral nutrition intervention on demand during (chemo)radiotherapy. Nutritional supplementation was given either through the oral route (Cohort 1) or tube feeding (nasogastric tube or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, cohort 2). Dietitians will design meal plans for both groups of subjects so that their normal diets will provide 25-30 kcal/d/kg body weight in addition to nutritional supplements.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

110

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria * Subject is male or female, between 18 and 70 years old; * Subject has clinical or radiological diagnosis of oral cancer (stage III and stage IV), had surgical resection 3 or 4 weeks prior to radio (chemo)therapy, and plans to receive radio (chemo)therapy treatment; * Subject has Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) ≥ 60 and an expected life expectancy ≥ 6 months; * Subject is willing to comply with the study protocol, able and willing to consume study product according to the protocol; * Subject has voluntarily signed and dated the informed consent form (ICF), approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) / Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) prior to any participation in the study Exclusion criteria * Except for oral cancer and oropharyngeal cancer, subject has malignant tumors or serious infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis activity, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, urinary system diseases, systemic edema and ascites caused by diseases, etc., cannot participant in study in the opinion of study physician. * Subject has dysfunction of liver, kidney or gallbladder, cannot participant in study in the opinion of study physician. * Subject has gastrointestinal diseases to cannot tolerate enteral nutrition (such as intestinal bleeding, intestinal obstruction, severe digestive malabsorption, severe nausea and vomiting and diarrhea) that preclude his or her participation in the opinion of study physician; * Subject has diabetes * Subject has known history of allergy or intolerance to any ingredient in the investigational product; * Female subjects are pregnant or plan to get pregnant within a year or are postpartum and non-lactating; * Subject has mental illness, cannot understand ICF, unwilling to provide informed consent. * Subject has amputation or implanted electronic devices or metal, it may be inappropriate to use BIA to measure body composition * Subject is currently or has participated in any clinical trial 2 months prior to enrollment. * Subject plans to take nutritional supplements and/or traditional Chinese medicine regularly during study in the opinion of study physician. Multi-vitamin and multi-mineral supplements are exception.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Body weight

changes of body weight from baseline to Final Visit/Exit.

Time frame: 10 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Body weight

Changes of body weight from baseline to V2, V3 and V4

Time frame: 2weeks,5 weeks, 8 weeks

Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index variables at baseline to V2, V3,V4 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 10 weeks

Calf circumference by measure

Calf circumference variables at baseline to V3 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 5weeks, 10 weeks

Lean mass measured by Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)

Lean mass variables at baseline, V3 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 5weeks 10 weeks

Fat mass measured by Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)

Fat mass variables at baseline, V3 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 5weeks 10 weeks

Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment/PG-SGA scores

PG-SGA scores, an assessment tool for nutritional status at baseline, V3 and Final Visit/Exit. The Scored PG-SGA includes the four patient-generated historical components (Weight History, Food Intake, Symptoms and Activities and Function), the professional part (Diagnosis, Age, Metabolic stress, and Physical Exam), the Global Assessment (A = well nourished, B = moderately malnourished or suspected malnutrition, C = severely malnourished), the total numerical score, and nutritional triage Recommendations (0-1=No intervention required, 2-3 Education and lab values as appropriate, 4-8 Required intervention, \>=9 Indicates a critical need for improved and/or nutrient intervention). Subtotal 4 historical components: scoring 0-30+ * Weight history and Symptoms scores are additive * Food intake and Activities and Function, the highest point score, Professional component: * Criteria for condition, scoring 0-6 * Metabolic Stress, scoring 0-3 * Physical components, scoring 0-3

Time frame: 5weeks 10 weeks

Dietary adherence and intake assessment

Dietary adherence and intake assessment will be conducted by dietitians at V2, V3, V4 and Final Visit/Exit. Dietary adherence will be determined through comparing subjects' meal plans and actual consumptions as reflected by food diaries.

Time frame: 2weeks,5 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks

Prealbumin by drawing blood

Prealbumin variables at baseline, V3 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 5weeks 10 weeks

Albumin by drawing blood

Albumin variables at baseline, V3 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 5weeks 10 weeks

Hemoglobin by drawing blood

Hemoglobin variables at baseline, V3 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 5weeks 10 weeks

White blood cell by drawing blood

White blood cell variables at baseline, V3 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 5weeks 10 weeks

Peripheral blood lymphocyte by drawing blood

Peripheral blood lymphocyte variables at baseline, V3 and Final Visit/Exit

Time frame: 5weeks 10 weeks

Tolerability to radio(chemo)therapy assessment on treatment status

Treatment status (e.g., treatment course and doses completed as planned or changed) since last visit at V3, V4 and Final Visit/Exit