Randomised controlled trial of fish oil supplement to treat cancer cachexia

Ann Dewey; Bernard Robert Higgins; C Baughan; Rebecca Jane Stores; Taraneh Dean; Sally Anne Kilburn

Randomised controlled trial of fish oil supplement to treat cancer cachexia

Ann Dewey, Bernard Robert Higgins, C Baughan, Rebecca Jane Stores, Taraneh Dean, Sally Anne Kilburn

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

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Abstract

Patients with advanced cancer often suffer from cachexia, a debilitating and complex extreme weight loss syndrome which is also associated with shorter survival times. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial was conducted to determine whether an oral nutritional supplement containing the omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) was able to improve quality of life and survival times of patients with advanced solid tumour cancer in a mixed tumour cancer type population.

Original language	English
Article number	002
Journal	BAOJ Palliative medicine
Volume	1
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 24 Apr 2015

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