New flavored drink helps cancer patients keep weight on during treatment
NCT ID NCT06902402
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tested three flavors of Supportan® drink (Tropical Fruits, Cappuccino, and Pineapple-Coconut) in 123 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy. Patients drank two bottles daily for four weeks alongside their normal diet. The main goal was to see if the drink helped maintain or increase body weight and reduce inflammation. The trial is complete and focused on safety and short-term nutritional support.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Supportan® drink (oral nutritional supplement)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a well-tolerated way to help cancer patients maintain weight and meet nutritional needs during treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial focused on short-term weight change and safety, not on curing cancer or improving survival. Results may not apply to all cancer types or longer treatment periods.
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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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123 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: 1. Patients receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, or immunotherapy, or targeted therapy; 2. Patient with diagnosed cancer of any type (e.g., head and neck cancer, lung cancer, digestive tract cancer, breast cancer); 3. Patient with or at risk of malnutrition defined as meeting Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) with score ≥2; 4. Capable of using oral nutritional supplementation; 5. Written informed consent from patient. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient with documented diagnosis of liver, kidney or heart disease in the hospital's electronic medical record (EMR); severity of disease evaluated by Investigator as not being suitable to participate in this study; 2. Current alcohol or substance abuse as assessed by Investigator; 3. Patient had a stroke in the past year and is after Investigator assessment judged as not yet clinically stable at the time of screening; 4. Patients who are diagnosed with mental illness or depression assessed by the Investigator as too severe for being suitable to participate in this study; 5. Pregnant or breastfeeding woman; 6. Allergic to any ingredient of the investigational products; 7. Patients receiving or having received standard (not disease specific) oral nutritional supplements (ONS), standard enteral formula/tube feeding or standard parenteral cancerspecific nutrition supplements in the last 3 days; 8. Patients receiving or having received ONS, enteral formula/tube feeding or parenteral nutrition with high fish oil or high EPA/DHA content (above 1 g/day) in the last 28 days; 9. Current use of medication, food supplements or ONS containing more than 500 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)/day or fish oil capsules/supplements containing more than 500 mg EPA and DHA/day at screening; 10. Transfusion of blood products within 1 week before screening; 11. Surgery scheduled during the trial; 12. Participation in other clinical trials using investigational drugs within 14 days before the start of the trial or during the trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Lover's lake branch
Keelung, Taiwan, 204201, Taiwan
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