Nutritional Preferences and Product Accessibility in Oral Nutritional Supplements in Participants With Breast, Colorectal, Upper Gastrointestinal, or Prostate Cancer

University of Southern California

Overview

This trial studies nutritional preferences and product accessibility in oral nutritional supplements in participants with breast, colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, or prostate cancer. Learning what participants like and dislike about their current or past used nutritional supplements may help doctor know how to improve them.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Identify how patients with cancer are obtaining nutrition to support medical management. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Examine associations of gastrointestinal side effects with specific diagnoses and respective medical therapies. II. Understand how patients access information regarding nutritional supplements. III. Evaluate patient satisfaction with currently available oral nutritional supplements (ONS). IV. Identify patient preferences in formulating a novel nutritional supplement. OUTLINE: Participants attend an interview over 15 minutes and complete surveys.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Breast Carcinoma Cholangiocarcinoma Colorectal Carcinoma Gastric Carcinoma Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm Pancreatic Carcinoma Prostate Carcinoma

Interventions

InterviewOTHER

Attend an interview

Survey AdministrationOTHER

Ancillary studies

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to comprehend English (both reading and writing) * Subjects in the inpatient and outpatient setting with the diagnosis of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, upper gastrointestinal cancer (including gastric, pancreatic, and cholangiocarcinoma), or prostate cancer * Receiving chemotherapy, biologic, or hormonal therapy in the University of Southern California (USC) Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Day Hospital * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a mental disability that makes them unable to understand and respond to the questions * Patients with reported non-oncologic associated deficits in taste and smell

Locations (1)

USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The way patients with cancer choose and obtain nutritional supplements to support medical management

Data from the oral nutritional supplement survey that examines quality, quantity, access and affordability of oral nutrional supplements will be summarized.

Time frame: Up to 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Associations of gastrointestinal side effects with specific diagnoses and respective medical therapies

Data from the survey will be used for testing the association of gastrointestinal side effects with specific diagnosis and medical therapies.

Time frame: Up to 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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