Nutritional support during the hospital stay reduces mortality in patients with different types of cancers: secondary analysis of a prospective randomized trial

Bargetzi, L.; Brack, C.; Herrmann, J.; Bargetzi, A.; Hersberger, L.; Bargetzi, M.; Kaegi-Braun, N.; Tribolet, Pascal; Gomes, F.; Hoess, C.; Pavlicek, V.; Bilz, S.; Sigrist, S.; Brändle, M.; Henzen, C.; Thomann, R.; Rutishauser, J.; Aujesky, D.; Rodondi, N.; Donzé, J.; ... (2021). Nutritional support during the hospital stay reduces mortality in patients with different types of cancers: secondary analysis of a prospective randomized trial Annals of Oncology, 32(8), pp. 1025-1033. Elsevier 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.793

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Patients and methods In this preplanned secondary analysis of patients with cancer included in a prospective, randomized-controlled, Swiss, multicenter trial (EFFORT), we compared protocol-guided individualized nutritional support (intervention group) to standard hospital food (control group) regarding mortality at 30-day (primary endpoint) and other clinical outcomes. Results We analyzed 506 patients with a main admission diagnosis of cancer, including lung cancer (n = 113), gastrointestinal tumors (n = 84), hematological malignancies (n = 108) and other types of cancer (n = 201). Nutritional risk based on Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) was an independent predictor for mortality over 180 days with an (age-, sex-, center-, type of cancer-, tumor activity- and treatment-) adjusted hazard ratio of 1.29 (95% CI 1.09-1.54; P = 0.004) per point increase in NRS. In the 30-day follow-up period, 50 patients (19.9%) died in the control group compared to 36 (14.1%) in the intervention group resulting in an adjusted odds ratio of 0.57 (95% CI 0.35-0.94; P = 0.027). Interaction tests did not show significant differences in mortality across the cancer type subgroups. Nutritional support also significantly improved functional outcomes and quality of life measures. Conclusions Compared to usual hospital nutrition without nutrition support, individualized nutritional support reduced the risk of mortality and improved functional and quality of life outcomes in cancer patients with increased nutritional risk. These data further support the inclusion of nutritional care in cancer management guidelines.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Health Professions > Nutrition and Dietetics
Name:	Bargetzi, L.; Brack, C.; Herrmann, J.; Bargetzi, A.; Hersberger, L.; Bargetzi, M.; Kaegi-Braun, N.; Tribolet, Pascal; Gomes, F.; Hoess, C.; Pavlicek, V.; Bilz, S.; Sigrist, S.; Brändle, M.; Henzen, C.; Thomann, R.; Rutishauser, J.; Aujesky, D.; Rodondi, N.; Donzé, J.; Laviano, A.; Stanga, Z.; Mueller, B. and Schuetz, P.
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
ISSN:	09237534
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Pascal Tribolet
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2022 14:04
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2022 14:04
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.793
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.16227
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/16227