Taste Steering in Patients With Cancer Who Are Treated With Chemotherapy: a Multicentre Randomized Intervention Trial


Condition: Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer or Metastatic Testicular Cancer, or Stage II-IV Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

Study Type: Interventional

Clinical Trials Identifier NCT 8-digits: NCT07258563

Sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen

Eligibility:

  • Age: minimum 18 Years maximum 70 Years
  • Gender: All

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥18 and ≤70 years
  • Indication to start chemotherapy for:
  • Metastatic triple negative breast cancer
  • Metastatic testicular cancer
  • Stage II-IV diffuse large B cell lymphoma
  • Chemotherapy scheduled to start in the next 6 weeks
  • Consuming solid foods and drinks is possible
  • ≤50% of recommended daily intake in kcal consists of oral nutritional supplements
  • Oral mucositis grade ≤2 (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 5.0)
  • Ability to comply with all protocol-required actions
  • Written informed consent
  • For the intervention phase only: subjective change in taste since start of chemotherapy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Currently experiencing taste or smell problems
  • Previous or current radiotherapy of head and neck region
  • Enteral feeding through tube or parenteral feeding
  • Participation in another clinical trial aimed at preventing or treating taste and/or smell alterations
  • Chronic (>1 month) high dose corticosteroids (>10 mg prednisone/day or equivalent).

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