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NCT05314946

Nutritional Support During Induction Therapy for Esophageal Cancer

Recruiting now NA Last updated 3 April 2024
What this trial tests

NA trial testing No feeding tube placed in Esophageal Cancer in 26 participants. Currently enrolling.

Timeline
1 November 2022
Primary endpoint
30 September 2024
31 December 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorMehdi Qiabi
PhaseNA
StatusRecruiting now
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposesupportive care
Enrollment26
Start date1 November 2022
Primary completion30 September 2024
Estimated completion31 December 2024
Sites1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Mehdi Qiabi

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Esophageal Cancer or Nutrition Aspect of Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer have difficulty eating, as the food pipe becomes obstructed by the cancer. This may impair the ability for the patient to receive appropriate calorie intake, especially during administration of chemotherapy and radiation therapy given prior to surgical resection. A strategy is to place a feeding tube directly in the stomach or in the small bowel to have an access to the patient's gastrointestinal tract during administration of chemo radiation therapy. However, these feeding tubes may lead to adverse events, including dislodgement, infection, the tube may be plugged, etc. If these complications were to happen, patients may have their treatment delayed, may have to come to the emergency department or even be admitted. In some cases, patients may need to have a surgery performed to treat the complication. Most centres in Canada have moved away from placement of these feeding tubes due to the high incidence of complications associated with the feeding tubes placement, and due to the high efficacy from the chemoradiation therapy in shrinking the tumour, allowing for the patient to swallow. In London, the preference from the Medical and Radiation Oncologists was to have these feeding tubes placed to avoid delay in treating the patients. There is therefore significant controversy as to what is the best approach in this patient population. Our goal is to run a feasibility randomized controlled trial studying this question.

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