Clinical Trial: Patient Recorded Indexing Measurements
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Cachexia
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Patient Recorded Indexing Measurements
Brief Summary:
Rationale: One of the greatest challenges in the field of cancer treatment is cachexia, a multifactorial syndrome characterized by substantial loss of body weight (muscle and fat mass), leading to progressive functional impairment.Cancer cachexia significantly impairs quality of life and survival as well as treatment outcome.Despite its considerable relevance for the prognosis of cancer patients, the diagnosis of cachexia is problematic.The current consensus definition of cancer cachexia is based on weight loss…
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