MNT: Interventions for Adults with Malnutrition (2023-25)
Author and Year:
Cong M, Li S, Cheng G, et al. 2015
PubMed ID:
Article Title:
An Interdisciplinary Nutrition Support Team Improves Clinical and Hospitalized Outcomes of Esophageal Cancer Patients with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy.
Authors:
Cong M, Li S, Cheng G, Liu J, Song C, Deng Y, Shang W, Yang D, Liu X, Liu W, Lu S, Yu L
Journal:
Chinese Medical Journal
Year of publication:
2015
Volume:
128
Issue:
22
Page numbers:
3003-3007
Study Design:
Randomized Controlled Trial
Risk of Bias Assessment Rating:
High
Inclusion Criteria:
The patients were eligible to participate in the study if they had confirmed pathological result of primarily phase III esophageal cancer (squamous cell carcinomas) with a planned treatment by radiotherapy combined chemotherapy, weight loss 60% targeted feeding volume), the patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) score greater than/equal to 4 points, and accepted written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion criteria were being severe malnutrition (weight loss >10%, blood albumin [ALB] <30 g/L, or body mass index [BMI] <18.5 kg/m2), having serious heart, lung or brain disease, with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, chronic nephritis or renal insufficiency, complicated with infectious fever, and EN or PN intolerance.
Research Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not a nutrition support team (NST) could benefit esophageal cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy (CRT).
Blinding efforts:
Not reported
Study Location:
Department of Comprehensive Oncology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Hospital, Zhenjiang
Source(s) of Funding:
Not-for-profit, Not reported
Please specify names of funders:
This work was supported by a grant of the National High Tech Research and Development Program (863 Program) (No. 2014AA022206).