Can extra nutrition boost cancer treatment success?
NCT ID NCT07519486
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether intensive nutritional support can help patients with advanced esophageal cancer who are receiving chemotherapy and immunotherapy before surgery. About 118 participants will be randomly assigned to either standard care or extra oral nutrition supplements. The main goal is to see if the extra nutrition leads to a higher rate of complete tumor disappearance at the time of surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Oral enteral nutritional preparation (dietary supplement)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adding intensive nutritional support to standard cancer therapy improves the chance of a complete response after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (118 participants) focused on a specific cancer type. The nutritional supplement may not significantly improve outcomes, and results may not apply to other cancers or populations.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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West China Hospital, Sichuan University
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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