Olanzapine Anorexia Cachexia

Summary

164 patients will be recruited..Adult patients diagnosed with incurable solid tumors and CCAA who presented to Kasr Al-Ainy Center of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine (NEMROCK) - Kasr Al-Ainy School of Medicine - Cairo University will be randomly distributed into 1:1..82 will receive Olanzapine 5 mg daily at night and 82 patients will receive placebo for 4 weeks. Primary outcome is Change in loss of appetite score from day 0 to day 7 of treatment and secondary outcomes change in body weight, change in loss of appetite score..and change in quality of life

Timeline

Start

2021-12-25

Primary completion

2022-11-21

Completion

2022-12-14

Drugs

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