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Can a personalized menu keep cancer patients stronger through chemotherapy?

NCT ID NCT04517708

Symptom relief Sponsor: Hanoi Medical University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 18, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026

Summary

Researchers at Hanoi Medical University are testing whether personalized meals and diet coaching help stomach and colon cancer patients who are starting chemotherapy. About 120 adults receive tailored menus in the hospital, then learn to prepare high-energy, high-protein diets at home and get formula milk for two months. The team measures changes in nutritional status and quality of life after eight weeks to see whether the support makes a difference.

What this could mean

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Active substance
personalized nutrition counseling with tailored menus and formula milk
What this could lead to
If it works, this could give hospitals a low-cost way to help chemotherapy patients stay better nourished and feel better during treatment.
What could go wrong
The trial is small and runs at one hospital in Vietnam, so results may not apply elsewhere. Diet changes alone may not be enough to offset the nutrition toll of chemotherapy.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

120 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2016

Finished

Dec 2019

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 78 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * aged 18 years old or above * diagnosed with stomach or colon cancer; * at the initial of receiving chemotherapy treatment; * indicated for oral feeding; * not having co-morbidities of chronic diseases such as kidney failure, heart failure, liver failure, diabetes; * having ability to communicate with data collectors and both attending doctors and agreeing to involve in the study Exclusion Criteria: * treated by other methods such as radiation, endocrine, immunity; * undergoing terminal palliative care; * having contraindications to oral feeding/enteral nutrition

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Conditions

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colon carcinoma colonic neoplasm gastric cancer gastric neoplasm

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Colon cancer Gastric cancer

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