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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for participants

From: Parenteral nutrition at the palliative phase of advanced cancer: the ALIM-K study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Adult patients (aged >18 years) with cancer at the palliative stage

Any disorder preventing oral ingestion (cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract, esophagus, or stomach)

Specific curative treatment discontinued or still ongoing but with little expected benefit in terms of overall survival

Nonfunctional digestive tract

Life expectancy greater than 2 months

Symptomatic peritoneal carcinosis

Malnutrition defined as Body Mass Index <18.5 kg/m2 if age <70 years, <21 kg/m2 if age ≥70 years; or weight loss of 2% in 1 week, or 5% in 1 month, or 10% in 6 months

Hematologic malignancies

Patient no longer experiences a sensation of hunger

Myocardial infarction or stroke in the previous 6 months

Patient has lost appetite

Acute renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min) or heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction <30%)

Patient has reduced food intake

Parenteral nutrition ongoing or dating from <1 month

Functional central venous catheter in place

Presence of gastrostomy or jejunostomy

Functional digestive tract

Persisting sensation of hunger

Patient able to understand and speak French

 
 

Inability to complete quality-of-life questionnaires (due to psychiatric disorders, attention disorders, or cognitive disorders).

 

Patients participating in another ongoing trial

 

Adult patients under legal guardianship