ArticleTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2020
Unmet needs in clinical nutrition in oncology: a multinational analysis of real-world evidence.
Article in Therapeutic advances in medical oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06337019 (Multicentric, Observational, Longitudinal Study for the Evaluation of Nutritional Management Implications in Newly Diagnosed Italian Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 47 papers.
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Multicentric, Observational, Longitudinal Study for the Evaluation of Nutritional Management Implications in Newly Diagnosed Italian Cancer Patients: The Italian Registry of Malnutrition in Oncology (IRMO)
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Abstract
backgroundKnowledge about cancer-related malnutrition and the use of clinical nutrition (CN) in the real-world setting are lacking. We investigated diagnosis and treatment frequency of malnutrition in a multinational survey to identify unmet needs in cancer patients' care.
methodsRetrospective analyses were conducted on data from three administrative healthcare datasets from France (
resultsIn France, malnutrition diagnosis at first hospitalization occurred in 10% of patients, 13% were subsequently diagnosed, and 77% had no malnutrition diagnosis. In Germany, 16% of patients received HPN. Patients started HPN around 3 months before death. In Italy, 8.4% of metastatic cancer patients received CN; average time between metastasis diagnosis and first CN prescription was 6.6 months. Average time between first CN prescription and death was 3.5 months.
conclusionsThese data indicate that in the real-world clinical practice, cancer-related malnutrition is under-recognized and undertreated. CN often appears to be prescribed as an end-of-life intervention or is not prescribed at all.Appropriate CN use remains challenging, and current practice may not allow optimal oncologic outcomes for patients at nutritional risk. Improving awareness of malnutrition and generating further evidence on clinical and economic benefits of CN are critical priorities in oncology.
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