The Effect of an Oral Supplement,TK3 (Tryptophan and Thiamine) on the Quality of Life and Chemotherapy Tolerance in Cancer Patients With Advanced Disease.

Summary

The product under investigation relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a pyrimidine nitrogen base, thymine, and the essential amino acid tryptophan. This product seems to have effect on quality of life and enhance adverse affects of chemotherapy in cancer patients.

Timeline

Start

2017-11

Primary completion

2019-01

Completion

2019-05

Publications

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• Background Butt Z, Lai JS, Rao D, Heinemann AW, Bill A, Cella D. Measurement of fatigue in cancer, stroke, and HIV using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (FACIT-F) scale. J Psychosom Res. 2013 Jan;74(1):64-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.10.011. Epub 2012 Nov 15.
• Background Watanabe SM, Nekolaichuk C, Beaumont C, Johnson L, Myers J, Strasser F. A multicenter study comparing two numerical versions of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System in palliative care patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Feb;41(2):456-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.04.020. Epub 2010 Sep 15.
• Background Bruera E, Kuehn N, Miller MJ, Selmser P, Macmillan K. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS): a simple method for the assessment of palliative care patients. J Palliat Care. 1991 Summer;7(2):6-9.
• Background Monteiro Dda R, Almeida Mde A, Kruse MH. [Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System for use in Palliative Care]. Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2013 Jun;34(2):163-71. doi: 10.1590/s1983-14472013000200021. Portuguese.
• Background Cocks K, King MT, Velikova G, Martyn St-James M, Fayers PM, Brown JM. Evidence-based guidelines for determination of sample size and interpretation of the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jan 1;29(1):89-96. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.28.0107. Epub 2010 Nov 22.
• Background Osoba D, Slamon DJ, Burchmore M, Murphy M. Effects on quality of life of combined trastuzumab and chemotherapy in women with metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Jul 15;20(14):3106-13. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.03.090.
• Background Cortes J, Hudgens S, Twelves C, Perez EA, Awada A, Yelle L, McCutcheon S, Kaufman PA, Forsythe A, Velikova G. Health-related quality of life in patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer treated with eribulin mesylate or capecitabine in an open-label randomized phase 3 trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Dec;154(3):509-20. doi: 10.1007/s10549-015-3633-7. Epub 2015 Nov 14.
• Background Curran D, Pozzo C, Zaluski J, Dank M, Barone C, Valvere V, Yalcin S, Peschel C, Wenczl M, Goker E, Bugat R. Quality of life of palliative chemotherapy naive patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of the stomach or esophagogastric junction treated with irinotecan combined with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid: results of a randomised phase III trial. Qual Life Res. 2009 Sep;18(7):853-61. doi: 10.1007/s11136-009-9493-z. Epub 2009 Jul 1.
• Background Brown J, Thorpe H, Napp V, Fairlamb DJ, Gower NH, Milroy R, Parmar MK, Rudd RM, Spiro SG, Stephens RJ, Waller D, West P, Peake MD. Assessment of quality of life in the supportive care setting of the big lung trial in non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Oct 20;23(30):7417-27. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.09.158. Epub 2005 Sep 12.
• Background Southwest Oncology Group; Berry DL, Moinpour CM, Jiang CS, Ankerst DP, Petrylak DP, Vinson LV, Lara PN, Jones S, Taplin ME, Burch PA, Hussain MH, Crawford ED. Quality of life and pain in advanced stage prostate cancer: results of a Southwest Oncology Group randomized trial comparing docetaxel and estramustine to mitoxantrone and prednisone. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jun 20;24(18):2828-35. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.8207.

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