Can digital nutrition help cancer patients fight malnutrition?
NCT ID NCT05544318
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether improved nutritional support, delivered through digital tools and personalized advice, can reduce malnutrition in cancer patients. Around 130 adults with gynecologic, colorectal, or lymphoma cancers will receive either standard dietary advice or enhanced support. The goal is to help patients complete their cancer treatment and improve their quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dietary advice
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple, cost-effective way to reduce malnutrition in cancer patients, potentially improving their treatment outcomes and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial (130 participants) testing a behavioral intervention. The results may not apply to all cancer types, and the effect on survival or hospital stays may be modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Adults with primary: * gynaecologic cancer with planned radiation therapy (ca. cervix) * colorectal cancer * lymphomas Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria are defined as patients admitted with TNM stage 4 * Terminal condition (life expectancy \< 6 months).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Oslo
Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway
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