Cyproheptadine in Preventing Weight Loss in Children Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer
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Official title
Prevention of Cancer/Treatment-Related Weight Loss in Children at High Nutritional Risk
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Cyproheptadine hydrochloride may prevent weight loss caused by cancer or cancer treatment. It is not yet known whether cyproheptadine is more effective than a placebo in preventing weight loss in young patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying cyproheptadine hydrochloride to see how well it works in preventing weight loss in young patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01132547
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 22 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 2 Years to 21 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 2010 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Jan 2014 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jan 2014 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jul 2, 2015
2010 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 14
- U.S. states
- 10
- U.S. cities
- 13
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Children's Hospital | Long Beach | California | 90806 | — |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center | Hartford | Connecticut | 06106 | — |
| A.I. duPont Hospital for Children | Wilmington | Delaware | 19803 | — |
| Children's National Medical Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20010 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida at Lee Memorial | Fort Myers | Florida | 33908 | — |
| Nemours Children's Clinic - Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Florida | 32207-8482 | — |
| Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children | Orlando | Florida | 32806 | — |
| Nemours Children's Clinic - Orlando | Orlando | Florida | 32806 | — |
| Nemours Children's Hospital Pensacola | Pensacola | Florida | 32504 | — |
| Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children | Honolulu | Hawaii | 96826 | — |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70121 | — |
| Columbia University Medical Center | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital | San Antonio | Texas | 78207 | — |
| Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters | Norfolk | Virginia | 23507 | — |
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