NCT02792270Recruiting
Caloric Restriction In Sarcoma Patients Treated With Pre-Operative RT
Effects Of Caloric Restriction On Post-Operative Complications In Sarcoma Patients Treated With Pre-Operative Radiation Therapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is being conducted to decrease the rate of surgical wound complications. The investigators are studying the effects that caloric restriction has on decreasing the rate of surgical wound complications.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 32 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 May 2016
- Start date
- Jun 2016
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Sarcoma
- NCT number
- NCT02792270
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 32
- From Jun 2016 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Current metformin therapy
Other illness
- Other cancers diagnosed within the last 5 years (in situ and/or invasive)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Other conditions may exclude participants from the study (e.g. intractable nausea/emesis, allergic reaction to shake, patient decides not to have surgery, any medical condition that prevents patient from having surgery)
Other
- Current pregnancy and breast feeding
Who the study is looking for
- Age \>18 years
- Biopsy proven soft tissue sarcoma located in the lower extremities
- Patient to be treated with radiation therapy for a primary lower extremity soft tissue sarcoma or recurrent tumor after surgery, followed by surgical resection
- Karnofsky Score ≥ 60%
- Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 20 kg/m2
- Protein levels within normal limits within 45 days of enrollment
- Normal kidney and liver function within 45 days of enrollment
- Normal blood counts within 45 days of enrollment
- Normal chemistries within 45 days of enrollment
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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