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WithdrawnNCT03628144Updated Sep 10, 2020

Immunonutrition to Reduce Toxicities in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Impact® Advanced Recovery and Boost® High Protein in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, NSCLC and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. Withdrawn at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-09-10.

Sponsored by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute · Phase 2, Interventional, and Supportive care

Why this study was withdrawn
Funding unavailable
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether either or both nutrition supplements (Impact® Advanced Recovery or Boost® High Protein) ingested prior to and during concurrent chemoradiotherapy decreases toxic side effects of treatment in Stage IIIA-B non-small cell lung cancer.

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Conditions studied

  • Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • NSCLC
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IIIB
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage ⅢA
  • NSCLC Stage IIIB
  • NSCLC, Stage IIIA

Keywords

  • Immunonutrition
  • Radiotherapy
  • Unresectable
  • Stage IIIA-B
  • Lung cancer
  • Radiation oncology
  • Thoracic oncology
  • Epidemiology
  • Nutrition
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In context

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Lead sponsor

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute is the lead sponsor of 533 studies on the registry; 74 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients will be recruited from the Moffitt Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Outpatient Clinic when identified by a thoracic oncologist that the patient will undergo all of their chemoradiotherapy at Moffitt.

    • Men and women ≥18 years of age.
    • Diagnosed with unresectable stage IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.
    • Patients plan to undergo all cancer treatment at Moffitt Cancer Center with definitive concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
    • No prior treatment of NSCLC.
    • Able to provide informed consent.
    • Performance status 0, 1 or 2.
    • Life expectancy >3 months.
    • No esophagitis within 90 days.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Mental incompetence or chronic psychiatric disease.
  • Incarcerated individuals.
  • Use of antibiotics or probiotic supplements within one month of chemoradiotherapy.
  • Allergy to any of the components of Impact® Advanced Recovery or Boost® High Protein.
  • Pregnant female or breast-feeding. Any female patient \<45 years old not using appropriate contraceptive measures during the treatment.
  • Sepsis or active infection.
  • Chronic renal failure stage IV (requiring protein restriction) or stage V requiring dialysis.
  • Malnutrition defined as BMI \<16.
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease).
  • Severe hepatic dysfunction (baseline prothrombin time off any anticoagulation of international normalized ratio (INR) >1.8).
  • Significant digestive disease with nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, NCI Grade >1.
  • Use of IL-6 inhibitors (tocilizumab or siltuximab) within last 6 months.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    A: Intervention Group - Impact®

    A: Intervention Group - Standard of Care Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy (Chemotherapy + Radiation) with nutritional supplement. Impact® Advanced Recovery: Three times daily for the 5 days just prior to the start of each cycle of chemotherapy. Participants will undergo pre- and post-treatment assessments.

    Dietary Supplement: Impact® Advanced Recovery · Radiation: Radiation Therapy · Drug: Chemotherapy · Other: Quality of life (EORTC-QLQ-30) · Other: Evaluation of Cognitive Function (FACT-Cog, v. 3.0) · Other: Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

  • Active comparator
    B: Control Group - Boost®

    B: Control Group - Standard of Care Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy (Chemotherapy + Radiation) with nutritional supplement. Boost® High Protein: Identical schedule of a supplement with similar calorie and protein content, Boost® High Protein. Participants will undergo pre- and post-treatment assessments.

    Dietary Supplement: Boost® High Protein · Radiation: Radiation Therapy · Drug: Chemotherapy · Other: Quality of life (EORTC-QLQ-30) · Other: Evaluation of Cognitive Function (FACT-Cog, v. 3.0) · Other: Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementImpact® Advanced Recovery

    The intervention drink Impact® will be ingested every two weeks since usually chemotherapy is delivered concurrently with radiation therapy in 2 week cycles. For patients who are placed on weekly or every 4 weeks chemotherapy dosing schedules, the treatment and control supplements will still be given every two weeks.

    Also known as: Nutritional supplement

  • Dietary supplementBoost® High Protein

    The control supplement drink Boost® will be ingested every two weeks since usually chemotherapy is delivered concurrently with radiation therapy in 2 week cycles. For patients who are placed on weekly or every 4 weeks chemotherapy dosing schedules, the treatment and control supplements will still be given every two weeks.

    Also known as: Nutritional supplement

  • RadiationRadiation Therapy

    Standard of Care: Weekly radiation therapy as already planned for each participant, at Moffitt clinic visits.

    Also known as: Radiotherapy

  • DrugChemotherapy

    Standard of Care: Chemotherapy as already planned for each participant.

    Also known as: Standard of Care

  • OtherQuality of life (EORTC-QLQ-30)

    Participants will undergo pre- and post-treatment assessments.

    Also known as: Questionnaire

  • OtherEvaluation of Cognitive Function (FACT-Cog, v. 3.0)

    Participants will undergo pre- and post-treatment assessments.

    Also known as: Questionnaire

  • OtherMindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

    Participants will undergo pre- and post-treatment assessments.

    Also known as: Questionnaire

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Treatment Related Adverse Events Per Study Arm

    Overall toxicity from therapy as assessed by NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v. 5.0 that directly correlates with toxicity from concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Based on another randomized trial using pretreatment immunonutrition, investigators want to see if this nutritional intervention will likely decrease overall chemoradiotherapy related toxicity. All toxicity and adverse events (CTCAE v.5.0) will be assessed weekly and attributed by the treating radiation oncologist and entered into the clinical trials management database OnCore for later statistical analysis. Differences in toxicity events at the end of the study in participants receiving Impact® and those receiving Boost® will be compared using two-sample t-test.

    Time frame: Up to 48 months

  2. Change in Plasma Levels of IL-6 Per Study Arm

    Measurement of the marked change of IL-6 that directly correlates with toxicity from concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Multiplex immunoassay will be used to determine the plasma levels of IL-6 in pg/ml as a continuous variable. Two-sample t-test for change in IL-6 at the last visit from the baseline will be compared between the two arms. Kolmogorove-Smirnov and Jarque-Bera tests will be performed to test for normality assumption on the primary endpoints prior to t-test analysis. If either test indicates a violation of the normality assumption, investigators will use an appropriate rank-based Wilcoxon rank-sum test instead of t-test.

    Time frame: Up to 48 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival (OS) 9OS)

    Overall survival (OS) defined as the length of time interval between the date of cancer treatment completion and the date of death due to any cause. Kaplan-Meier curves will be estimated for each arm. Log-rank test will be performed to examine the effect of Impact® vs. Boost® on measures of OS.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  2. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Progression-free survival (PFS) will be assessed using the length of time interval from the cancer treatment completion to the earlier of the first documentation of disease progression or death from any cause. Kaplan-Meier curves will be estimated for each arm. Log-rank test will be performed to examine the effect of Impact® vs. Boost® on measures of PFS.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  3. Rate of Treatment Changes or Interruptions Per Study Arm

    Treatment interruptions, chemotherapy dose reduction or hospitalizations secondary to toxicity.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  4. Rate of Participant Regimen Compliance Per Study Arm

    Rate of participant compliance, with immunonutrition regimen, according to participant diaries. Each participant will complete a compliance diary noting when each carton/bottle of the study agent is drunk and the card will be collected by the Study Coordinator at on treatment clinic visits (OTV) prior to receiving the new batch of study or control supplements.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
    Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 10, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03628144
Lead sponsor
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Collaborators
Nestle Health Science
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 14, 2018
Start date
Jul 2020 (estimated)
Primary completion
Sep 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 10, 2020

Study contacts

Lary A. Robinson, M.D.
principal investigator · H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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