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ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2025

A patient-mediated implementation strategy to improve nutrition care delivery for esophageal and gastric cancer: a study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Kea Turner, Ashwin Somasundaram, Brent J Small, Jeanine Milano, Christina Santiago, Olivia Sprow, Emma Hume, Nazanin Khajoueinejad, Nekesha McKinnie, Allan Lima Pereira and 4 more

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Article in Journal of health, population, and nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06497569 (Support Through Remote Observation and Nutrition Guidance Program for Individuals With Gastroesophageal Cancer), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Support Through Remote Observation and Nutrition Guidance Program for Individuals With Gastroesophageal Cancer (STRONG-GEC)

TypeinterventionalSponsorH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstituteRan2024 to 2027Enrolled80ConditionsGastroEsophageal CancerArmsDietitian Consultation, Survey, Fitbit Data Collection, Referral to Dietitian, Social Determinants of Health Survey (SDOH)
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Kea TurnerUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, 211 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. kea.turner@unc.edu.
Ashwin SomasundaramUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Brent J SmallUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, 211 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Jeanine MilanoDepartment of Nutrition Therapy, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Christina SantiagoDepartment of Nutrition Therapy, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Olivia SprowUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, 211 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Emma HumeUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, 211 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Nazanin KhajoueinejadDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Nekesha McKinnieDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Allan Lima PereiraDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Andrew SinnamonDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Jennifer B PermuthDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Amir Alishahi TabrizDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Jose M PimientoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.

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Abstract

backgroundNutrition counseling before gastrointestinal surgery can improve patients’ quality of life, treatment tolerance, and surgical recovery. Nutrition counseling is especially important for individuals diagnosed with esophageal and gastric cancer, who are at high risk of malnutrition. Despite the increased risk for malnutrition, less than half of individuals diagnosed with esophageal and gastric cancer receive nutrition counseling before surgery. To address this practice gap, the Support through Remote Observation and Nutrition Guidance (STRONG) implementation strategy was developed.

methodsSTRONG includes three theory-informed strategies: an electronic health record order set for a standardized protocol that specifies the timing and amount of nutrition counseling that should be received, collection and visualization of patient-reported nutrition information in a web-based dashboard, and a question prompt list for the patient-dietitian encounter. Patients (N = 80) will be 1:1 randomized to STRONG or implementation as usual in this pilot trial. The trial will be pragmatic in design and STRONG will be implemented with existing clinic teams and workflows. The study’s primary aim will be to assess feasibility and acceptability against pre-planned benchmarks and secondary aims include collecting preliminary data on effectiveness and implementation outcomes that will support a future definitive hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial. DISCUSSION: Pilot studies play a critical role in implementation research by ensuring that strategies and proposed study methods are feasible prior to conducting a definitive trial. Positive findings from this line of research could support definitive testing of a patient-mediated implementation strategy to improve nutrition care access and delivery for cancer patients at high risk of malnutrition.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT06497569. Registered on July 11, 2024, prior to participant enrollment.

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CounselingEsophageal NeoplasmsMalnutritionStomach NeoplasmsFemaleHumansNutritional StatusPilot ProjectsPragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicGastrointestinal oncologyNutritionOncologyPatient activationPatient-mediated implementation

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