Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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Adult patients (aged >18Â 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 2Â 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 | Â |
 | 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 |