Early and intensive dietary counseling in lung cancer patients receiving (chemo)radiotherapy—a pilot randomized controlled trial Kiss, Nicole, Isenring, Elisabeth, Gough, Karla, Wheeler, Greg, Wirth, Andrew, Campbell, Belinda A. and Krishnasamy, Meinir 2016, Early and intensive dietary counseling in lung cancer patients receiving (chemo)radiotherapy—a pilot randomized controlled trial, Nutrition and cancer, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 958-967, doi: 10.1080/01635581.2016.1188972. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Early and intensive dietary counseling in lung cancer patients receiving (chemo)radiotherapy—a pilot randomized controlled trial Author(s) Kiss, Nicole Isenring, Elisabeth Gough, Karla Wheeler, Greg Wirth, Andrew Campbell, Belinda A. Krishnasamy, Meinir Journal name Nutrition and cancer Volume number 68 Issue number 6 Start page 958 End page 967 Total pages 10 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Philadelphia, Pa. Publication date 2016 ISSN 0163-5581 1532-7914 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Oncology Nutrition & Dietetics QUALITY-OF-LIFE ASSESSMENT PG-SGA NUTRITION INTERVENTION WEIGHT-LOSS FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT PANCREATIC-CANCER NECK-CANCER FISH-OIL RADIOTHERAPY SATISFACTION Summary Malnutrition is prevalent in patients undergoing (chemo)radiotherapy (RT) for lung cancer. This pilot study tested the feasibility and acceptability of delivering an intensive nutrition intervention for lung cancer patients receiving RT. Twenty-four patients with lung cancer were randomized to receive the intervention which employed a care pathway to guide intensive dietary counseling from pretreatment until 6-wk posttreatment or usual care. Nutritional, fatigue, and functional outcomes were assessed using valid and reliable questionnaires before randomization, at the start and end of RT and 1- and 3-mo post-RT. Consent rate was 57% with an overall attrition of 37%. Subject compliance with the completion of study questionnaires was 100%. A clinically important mean difference indicated greater overall satisfaction with nutritional care in the intervention group (5.00, interquartile range [IQR] 4.50-5.00; 4.00, IQR 4.00-4.00). Clinically important differences favoring the intervention were observed for weight (3.0 kg; 95% confidence interval [CI] -0.8, 6.8), fat-free mass (0.6 kg; 95% CI -2.1, 3.3), physical well-being (2.1; 95% CI -2.3, 6.5), and functional well-being (5.1; 95% CI 1.6, 8.6), but all 95% CIs were wide and most included zero. Recruitment feasibility and acceptability of the intervention were demonstrated, which suggest larger trials using an intensive nutrition intervention would be achievable. Language eng DOI 10.1080/01635581.2016.1188972 Field of Research 111101 Clinical and Sports Nutrition 1111 Nutrition And Dietetics 1112 Oncology And Carcinogenesis Socio Economic Objective 920102 Cancer and Related Disorders HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30093233 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 05 Apr 2017, 11:04:36 EST Thu, 06 Apr 2017, 05:04:49 EST Thu, 06 Apr 2017, 06:08:58 EST Tue, 30 May 2017, 11:17:04 EST Tue, 30 May 2017, 11:21:35 EST Tue, 30 May 2017, 11:23:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 8 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 05 Apr 2017, 11:04:36 EST

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