Breast Cancer Clinical Trial
Nutritional Preferences and Product Accessibility in Oral Nutritional Supplements in Participants With Breast, Colorectal, Upper Gastrointestinal, or Prostate Cancer
Summary
This trial studies nutritional preferences and product accessibility in oral nutritional supplements in participants with breast, colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, or prostate cancer. Learning what participants like and dislike about their current or past used nutritional supplements may help doctor know how to improve them.
Full Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Identify how patients with cancer are obtaining nutrition to support medical management.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Examine associations of gastrointestinal side effects with specific diagnoses and respective medical therapies.
II. Understand how patients access information regarding nutritional supplements.
III. Evaluate patient satisfaction with currently available oral nutritional supplements (ONS).
IV. Identify patient preferences in formulating a novel nutritional supplement.
OUTLINE:
Participants attend an interview over 15 minutes and complete surveys.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Ability to comprehend English (both reading and writing)
Subjects in the inpatient and outpatient setting with the diagnosis of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, upper gastrointestinal cancer (including gastric, pancreatic, and cholangiocarcinoma), or prostate cancer
Receiving chemotherapy, biologic, or hormonal therapy in the University of Southern California (USC) Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Day Hospital
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with a mental disability that makes them unable to understand and respond to the questions
Patients with reported non-oncologic associated deficits in taste and smell
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There is 1 Location for this study
Los Angeles California, 90033, United States
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