New remote nutrition program aims to help cancer patients during treatment
NCT ID NCT05438940
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a program that provides remote nutrition counseling and uses a Fitbit to track activity and diet for people with gastroesophageal cancer. Participants log their food intake and meet with a dietitian via video calls. The goal is to see if this approach is practical and helpful for patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Nutrition counseling and remote monitoring via Fitbit and mobile app
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a practical way to support nutrition and quality of life for people undergoing cancer treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 23 participants. It focuses on whether the program is practical and acceptable, not on curing cancer.
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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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23 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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: * ≥18 years old * Locally advanced or metastatic GEC diagnosis * Planned to initiate chemoradiation and/or radiation therapy with a plan to have surgery or a plan to have definitive treatment at Moffitt. * Able to speak and read English * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Documented or observable psychiatric or neurological disorder that would interfere with study participation (e.g., psychosis, active substance abuse) * Undergoing concurrent treatment for a secondary primary cancer * Use of feeding tubes before enrollment (The last exclusion criterion was included because investigators do not anticipate these participants would benefit from a dietary monitoring intervention)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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