Nutritional advice in older patients at risk of malnutrition during treatment for chemotherapy: a two-year randomized controlled trial.

We tested the effect of dietary advice dedicated to increase intake in older patients at risk for malnutrition during chemotherapy, versus usual care, on one-year mortality.We conducted a multicentre, open-label interventional, stratified (centre), parallel randomised controlled trial, with a 1∶1 ra...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson, Christelle Blanc-Bisson, Adélaïde Doussau, Christine Germain, Jean-Frédéric Blanc, Jérôme Dauba, Cyril Lahmar, Eric Terrebonne, Cédric Lecaille, Joël Ceccaldi, Laurent Cany, Sandrine Lavau-Denes, Nadine Houede, François Chomy, Jessica Durrieu, Pierre Soubeyran, Pierre Senesse, Geneviève Chene, Mariane Fonck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4181649?pdf=render