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Researchers are studying ways to predict if cancer patients are at risk for poor nutrition during their chemotherapy treatment. They hope to identify children with nutrition problems early in treatment. This may help prevent weight loss and other nutrition problems later in treatment.
The PEDSGA is a newly developed nutrition tool that includes a training manual that be used to teach health care professionals to identify at-risk patients by doing a nutrition physical exam. The PEDSGA also includes questions that the patient/caregiver answers regarding appetite, recent treatment, and activity level. This method of screening is new and may be able to identify at-risk patients better than the standard method. This study will use both methods and evaluate the two, in hope of determining which method works best to identify at-risk patients.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Nutritional Screening Tools | Other | To compare the nutrition risk identification abilities of two nutrition screening tools: PEDSGA tool and the standard assessment tool. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| To compare the ability of two nutrition screening tools to identify nutritionally at risk patients | Within 90 days of study completion |
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Inclusion Criteria:
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Participant is between 2 and 16 years of age and receiving treatment for a hematologic or solid malignancy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Karen Smith, RD, MS, LDN | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis | Tennessee | 38105 | United States |
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| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | View source |
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