Multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group, clinical phase II study to evaluate immunonutrition in improving efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, undergoing systematic nutritional counseling.
BMC Cancer
; 22(1): 1212, 2022 Nov 24.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Nutritional support, including nutritional counseling and oral nutritional supplements (ONS), has been recommended as a first-line strategy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Evidence on the efficacy of immunonutrition during immunotherapy in these patients is positive, but still limited some secondary endpoints, such as treatment toxicity and tolerance. We hypothesize that early systematic provision of ONS with a high-protein-high calorie mixture containing immunonutrients (Impact®) in addition to nutritional counseling, compared to nutritional counseling alone, is beneficial to patients with NSCLC receiving immunotherapy with or without chemotherapy. We designed the present study to evaluate the efficacy of early systematic provision of ONS enriched with immunonutrients compared to nutritional counseling alone, in patients with NSCLC undergoing immunotherapy. Study endpoints were treatment response (primary endpoint progression-free survival), treatment tolerance and toxicity, body weight, body composition, protein-calorie intake, quality of life, fatigue, muscle strength and immunological profile.METHODS:
This is a pragmatic, multicentre, randomized (11), parallel-group, open label, controlled, pilot clinical trial (N = 180).DISCUSSION:
The improvement of efficacy of nutritional support in oncology still deserves many efforts. Immunonutrition represents a promising approach also in patients with NSCLC, but evidence on its efficacy on clinical outcomes during immunotherapy is still inconclusive. The present pilot study, which guarantees early high-quality nutritional care (assessment and treatment) to all patients in agreement with current guidelines and recommendations, could represent one of the first proofs of efficacy of early oral immunonutrition in patients with cancer undergoing immunotherapy. Further large randomized trials addressing the improvement of supportive care could be hypothesized, accordingly. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT05384873.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
BMC Cancer
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italia