Clinical Research Directory

Personalized Nutrition Counseling and Nutritional Status of Esophageal Cancer and HNSCC Patients Undergoing CCRT

The purpose of the study is to improve the nutritional status of esophageal cancer patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy by the personalized nutrition counseling.Dietitians consult with participants which invited to be the experimental group and follow up weekly through communication software (Line) or telephone remote methods. Dietitians provide the dietary advice base on the guidance of the cancer diet principles, and give on assessment and diet adjustments. At the same time, Under the same condition of nutritional supplements in both the experimental group and the control group, the investigators explore the changes in the quality of life and nutritional status of the subjects by evaluating with the nutrition Index (PG-SGA) and quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire Taiwan version) questionnaire evaluation and recode the basic physical data, including body weight, grip strength, body muscle fat composition. Therefore, investigators conducted this study to appoint dietitian to arrange personalized nutrition consultation for esophageal cancer patients to improve the nutritional status of these patients.

N=1 Trials of Individual Variability in Post-prandial Glycemic Responses to Diets of Varying Macronutrient Composition

The key objective of this study is to identify the most suitable diet (i.e. high protein, high fat, low GI, high GI) for an individual. Importantly, we further seek to identify the biological determinants of inter-individual variability and to understand how these determinants affect blood glucose. The deep metabolic phenotyping, multi-omics profiling of each subject and fine-mapping of their glycemic responses to different diets will allow us to obtain preliminary data on the mechanistic basis underlying inter-individual dietary glycemic response. Data from this study will form the basis of large clinical trials, the development of novel foods, and/or novel technologies to alter the gut micro-biome for optimal blood glucose control.