• J Pain Symptom Manage · Sep 2017

    Management of cancer cachexia and guidelines implementation in a comprehensive cancer center: a physician-led cancer nutrition program adapted to the practices of a country.

    • Pierre Senesse, Agnès Isambert, Chloé Janiszewski, Stéphanie Fiore, Nicolas Flori, Sylvain Poujol, Eric Arroyo, Julie Courraud, Vanessa Guillaumon, Hélène Mathieu-Daudé, Sophie Colasse, Vickie Baracos, Hélène de Forges, and Simon Thezenas.
    • Department of Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology, Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier (ICM), Montpellier, France; Epsylon, EA 4556 Dynamics of Human Abilities and Health Behaviors, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: pierre.senesse@icm.unicancer.fr.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Sep 1; 54 (3): 387-393.e3.

    ContextCancer-associated cachexia is correlated with survival, side-effects, and alteration of the patients' well-being.ObjectivesWe implemented an institution-wide multidisciplinary supportive care team, a Cancer Nutrition Program (CNP), to screen and manage cachexia in accordance with the guidelines and evaluated the impact of this new organization on nutritional care and funding.MethodsWe estimated the workload associated with nutrition assessment and cachexia-related interventions and audited our clinical practice. We then planned, implemented, and evaluated the CNP, focusing on cachexia.ResultsThe audit showed a 70% prevalence of unscreened cachexia. Parenteral nutrition was prescribed to patients who did not meet the guideline criteria in 65% cases. From January 2009 to December 2011, the CNP team screened 3078 inpatients. The screened/total inpatient visits ratio was 87%, 80%, and 77% in 2009, 2010, and 2011, respectively. Cachexia was reported in 74.5% (n = 2253) patients, of which 94.4% (n = 1891) required dietary counseling. Over three years, the number of patients with artificial nutrition significantly decreased by 57.3% (P < 0.001), and the qualitative inpatients enteral/parenteral ratio significantly increased: 0.41 in 2009, 0.74 in 2010, and 1.52 in 2011. Between 2009 and 2011, the CNP costs decreased significantly for inpatients nutritional care from 528,895€ to 242,272€, thus financing the nutritional team (182,520€ per year).ConclusionOur results highlight the great benefits of implementing nutritional guidelines through a physician-led multidisciplinary team in charge of nutritional care in a comprehensive cancer center.Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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