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| Name | Class |
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| University Hospital Regensburg | OTHER |
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The purposes of this study are
Participating cancer patients select one of 3 defined diets (omnivor/lacto-ovo-vegetarian/vegan) at baseline and will continue their prescribed oncological therapy at their attending physician/clinic.
Participants provide data (cancer history, tumor behavior, food frequency questionnaires, questionnaires referring to quality-of-life) at baseline and at 3 and 6 months with optional data entry points at 12 and 124 months and a follow up questionnaire at 12 and 24 months. Data is entered online via the study platforms www.essenundkrebs.net and www.foodandcancer.net in German and English language (no additional clinical visits are required).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Omnivorous diet | Participants are consuming meat, fish, milk/milk products, eggs, plant products. |
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| Lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet | Participants are consuming milk/milk products, eggs, plant products but no meat, fish or by-products. |
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| Vegan diet | Participants are consuming plant products but no meat, fish, milk/milk products, eggs or by-products as well as honey. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Omnivorous diet | Behavioral | Adopting or continuing the selected diet for 6 months (omnivorous) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number / percentage of remissions | Percentages of remissions as defined be complete absence of a tumor - in an ITT (intention to treat) analysis | 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Tumor diagnosis and tumor behaviour (complete remission / partial remission / no change / progression) | In the fist questionnaire, tumor history (diagnosis, classification, stage, previous therapy) is entered. At months 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 tumor stage at present time is asked again. Comparing the staging between time points, tumor behaviour is categorized into four groups: complete remission / partial remission / no change / tumor progression. This will be determined for each participant by two investigator independently. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
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Study population will be recruited in community via print media, internet and especially social media as well as referred by oncological clinics.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Rosa Aspalter, MD | Registered Association "Food and Cancer" | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Verein Essen und Krebs | Vienna | 1060 | Austria |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 27473726 | Derived | Catany Ritter A, Egger AS, Machacek J, Aspalter R. Impact of Elimination or Reduction of Dietary Animal Proteins on Cancer Progression and Survival: Protocol of an Online Pilot Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Jul 29;5(3):e157. doi: 10.2196/resprot.5804. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014676 | Diet, Vegetarian |
| D000067269 | Diet, Vegan |
| ID | Term |
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| D000095500 | Diet, Plant-Based |
| D004035 | Diet Therapy |
| D044623 | Nutrition Therapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet | Behavioral | Adopting or continuing the selected diet for 6 months (lacto-ovo-vegetarian) |
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| Vegan diet | Behavioral | Adopting or continuing the selected diet for 6 months (vegan) |
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| 3 and 6 months (optional: 12 and 24 months) |
| Relapse-free interval | A relapse is defined by a recurrence of a tumor after a tumor free interval. | 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months |
| Therapies, therapy tolerability and side-effects (vomiting, nausea, hair loss, weakness, diarrhea, polyneuropathy,...) | The study questionnaire contains questions referring frequently occuring symptoms in cancer patients and wether they are related to a certain therapy or to other factors. The option "others" is included in case the present symptoms are not covered by the listed symptoms. | 0, 3 and 6 months (optional: 12 and 24 months) |
| Comorbidities | The study questionnaire contains questions referring frequently occuring diseases other than cancer and wether they are present now or were present in the past. The option "others" is included in case the present disease is not covered by the listed diseases. | 0, 3 and 6 months (optional: 12 and 24 months) |
| Medication | The study questionnaire contains questions referring medications and supplements and the dosage. | 0, 3 and 6 months (optional: 12 and 24 months) |
| Quality of life | The study questionnaire contains questions referring quality of live covering the Karnofsky Index, but additional dimensions, too (psychosocial wellbeing). | 0, 3 and 6 months (optional: 12 and 24 months) |
| Acceptance and feasibility of the selected diet | The study questionnaire contains questions referring ease and difficulties with the selected diet. | 3 and 6 months (optional: 12 and 24 months) |
| Dietary pattern | The study questionnaire contains questions referring previous dietary patterns and the dietary pattern which will be followed for the time of study participation (6 months) as well as the reason for choosing the respective diet. There is a categorical question asking for dietary patterns as well a comprehensive food frequency questionnaire especially adopted for discrimination of plant an animal derived foods. In addition to the main study questionnaires, participants are asked to report any unplanned change in their diet during study participation. | 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months |
| Frequency, extent and duration of nutritional changes | The results referring to nutrition and dietary patterns are evaluated in terms of change and duration of change in dietary patterns (in months). | 3 and 6 months (optional: 12 and 24 months) |
| Weight and nutritional status | Weight is entered in kg and size in cm. BMI is calculated. Nutritional status is derived from weight changes, laboratory test results (albumin) and questions referring to eating problems contained in the study questionnaire. | 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months |
| Experience with / performance of study platform | One question of the questionnaire asks for experience and usability of the comprehensive questionnaire in terms of content, understanding, effort und technical experience. | 0, 3 and 6 months |
| Validity checks for self reported data | Several questions are repeated in the questionnaire in a slightly different way to check for consistency. Dietary patterns are checked via food frequency questionnaires and control questions in the laboratory test section. | 0, 3 and 6 months |
| Survival rates for end stages | Survival rates are calculated from the participants still alive and dead. In case of a pending questionnaire a contact person is asked or a cancer registry checked (depending on the citizenship of the participant). | 6 months, 12 and 24 months |
| D004032 |
| Diet |
| D009747 | Nutritional Physiological Phenomena |
| D000066888 | Diet, Food, and Nutrition |
| D010829 | Physiological Phenomena |