This study investigates nutritional status and outcomes of immuntherapy in cancer patients.
Studies have shown that more than half of the patients with cancer are also malnourished at diagnosis. This increases patients' risk of complications associated with the treatment as well as the abandonment of care, as well as decrease the level of survival rates.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
megestrol acetate, 160 mg, oral everyday; olanzapine 2.5 mg, oral everyday
Starch powder 50 mg, oral, everyday
Qingdao Central Hospital
Qingdao, Shandong, China
RECRUITINGORR
overall response rate
Time frame: 12 months
PFS
profression-free survival
Time frame: 12 months
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