Nutritional Status Assessment in Adult Patients Followed for Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors at Strasbourg University Hospital
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor. Basic parameters: 18 years — 70 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Neuroendocrine tumors represent a heterogeneous group of tumors, of which gastrointestinal (gastroenteropancreatic) NETs are the most frequent. Therapeutic management involves several approaches: control of any secretory syndrome and tumor control. Surgery is the first-line treatment for localized stages. When there is distant metastasis, various systemic treatments can be combined or administered sequentially (somatostatin analogs, everolimus, sunitinib, radioablation, targeted internal radiotherapy, cytotoxic chemotherapy). Gastrointestinal NETs are most often well-differentiated and slow-growing tumors with a median overall survival of up to 9 years (all sites combined), making comprehensive management of these patients all the more important. In the context of cancer management, malnutrition has been shown to be associated with a poorer prognosis. Similarly, addressing malnutrition and improving nutritional parameters have been associated with improved prognosis. The impact of nutritional status in patients with slow-growing tumors such as gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is less well understood but could be a modifiable factor for improving quality of life and treatment efficacy. The research hypothesis is that nutritional status is associated with the prognosis of patients with gastrointestinal NETs.
Primary outcome measures
- Establish a proportion of patients with malnutrition [Time frame: Up to 12 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults aged 18 to 70 years
- Patients being monitored for a digestive neuroendocrine tumor (gastric, pancreatic, intestinal), diagnosed between January 1, 2000, and November 30, 2024
Exclusion criteria
\- Tumor reclassified as non-neuroendocrine by histopathology
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-only
Study locations
France · 1 center
- Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabétologie, Nutrition - CHU de Strasbourg - France — Strasbourg
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07302100 · 9485