The Effect of Oral Nutrition Supplement Formulas (ONS) and Diet Counseling on Improvement of Nutritional Status, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of Cancer Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy oral nutrition supplement (ONS) in malnutrition/high risk malnutrition cancer patients. The main questions it aims to answer: 1. Are there differences in knowledge, attitude and behaviour scores in cancer patients who receive cancer-specific ONS compared to those who do not receive cancer-specific ONS? 2. Is there a difference in nutritional status as assessed by average body weight, body mass index (BMI), haemoglobin (Hb), and albumin levels in cancer patients who receive cancer-specific ONS compared to those who do not receive cancer-specific ONS?
• Histologically confirmed lung and ob-gyn cancer patients (who have not undergone therapy or are currently undergoing therapy)
• Aged greater than or equal to 18 years
• Patients with a performance status score of 0 - 2
• Have inadequate food intake \>5 days or:
‣ BMI/body mass index \<18.5 kg/m2 or
⁃ There is a \>10% weight loss in the last 3-6 months or
⁃ BMI \<20 kg/m2 or
⁃ There is \>5% weight loss in the last 3-6 months with
• Intervention group subjects are willing to take ONS orally for 8 weeks
• Intervention group subjects, if they have taken other brands of ONS, are willing to stop taking ONS 2 weeks prior to the study.