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Clinical trialNCT00053053CompletedPhase 3Interventional

Comparison of Nutritional Supplements in Preventing Weight Loss in Patients With Cancer

SponsorRadiation Therapy Oncology GroupEnrollment472CachexiaLymphomaLymphoproliferative DisorderUnspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

RATIONALE: Nutritional supplements may help prevent loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue in patients with advanced cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two nutritional supplements in preventing loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue in patients who have stage III or stage IV solid tumors.

Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a FindMyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

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Sites

250 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Canada
  • Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • Cross Cancer Institute

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  • Doctor Leon Richard Oncology Centre

    Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

  • Saint John Regional Hospital

    Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

  • Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation

    St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

  • Nova Scotia Cancer Centre at Queen Elizabeth Ii Health Sciences Centre

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre

    Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

  • Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre

    Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  • Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  • London Regional Cancer Program at London Health Sciences Centre

    London, Ontario, Canada

  • Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre - General Campus

    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • Regional Cancer Care at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

    Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

  • Princess Margaret Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Centre Hospitalier de L'Universite de Montreal

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Mcgill Cancer Centre at Mcgill University

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec

    Québec, Quebec, Canada

  • Chus-Hopital Fleurimont

    Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

  • Allan Blair Cancer Centre at Pasqua Hospital

    Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

  • Saskatoon Cancer Centre

    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

United States
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  • Comprehensive Cancer Institute

    Huntsville, Alabama, United States

  • Mbccop - Gulf Coast

    Mobile, Alabama, United States

  • Montgomery Cancer Center

    Montgomery, Alabama, United States

  • Dch Cancer Treatment Center

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

  • Foundation for Cancer Research and Education

    Phoenix, Arizona, United States

  • Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank

    Burbank, California, United States

  • Mount Diablo Regional Cancer Center

    Concord, California, United States

  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, United States

  • California Cancer Center - Woodward Park Office

    Fresno, California, United States

  • Saint Agnes Cancer Center

    Fresno, California, United States

  • Sutter Health Western Division Cancer Research Group

    Greenbrae, California, United States

  • Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center

    Loma Linda, California, United States

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach

    Long Beach, California, United States

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at Ucla

    Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Usc/norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

    Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Ccop - Bay Area Tumor Institute

    Oakland, California, United States

  • Huntington Cancer Center at Huntington Hospital

    Pasadena, California, United States

  • Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

    Pomona, California, United States

  • Radiation Oncology Centers - Sacramento

    Sacramento, California, United States

210 more sites on the registry record.ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Dec 2002
Primary completion
31 Mar 2005
Completion
28 Feb 2009
Last update posted
8 Dec 2016
Registered enrollment
472
Registry id
NCT00053053

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.