Support Through Remote Observation and Nutrition Guidance for Gastroesophageal Cancer

This study, called STRONG, is looking at how a special program of remote nutrition support compares to usual care for people with gastroesophageal cancer (cancer of the stomach or esophagus). The program involves regular dietitian consultations through video calls, tracking food intake with a Fitbit, and completing surveys about symptoms and social factors. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older, have locally advanced or metastatic gastroesophageal cancer, and are starting chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy with plans for surgery or definitive treatment at Moffitt. The study aims to see if this program can help reduce malnutrition. The current status of the study is unclear, and it plans to enroll 80 participants.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 80 participants. It compares a remote nutrition guidance program to standard care.
What's involved
You would meet with a dietitian bi-weekly via ZOOM, complete surveys, and log food intake using a Fitbit for up to 90 days during the intervention period, with follow-up at 4 and 6 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for up to 6 months after the intervention period.

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NCT06497569

Support Through Remote Observation and Nutrition Guidance Program for Individuals With Gastroesophageal Cancer

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
~80 participants
Updated 2026-04-01 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Dietitian ConsultationSurveyFitbit Data CollectionReferral to DietitianSocial Determinants of Health Survey (SDOH)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
2 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Recruitment Rate- Feasibility
Measured over Up to 48 Months
+7 more outcomes measured
GastroEsophageal Cancer

NCT06497569

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Floridastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

  • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolinastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Amir Alishahi Tabriz, MD, PhD, MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Jose Pimiento, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Moffitt Cancer Center

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Participants must be 18 years of age or older
Participants must have locally advanced or metastatic gastroesophageal cancer (GEC)
Participants must plan to initiate chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy with a plan to have surgery or definitive treatment follow up at Moffitt
Participants must be able to speak and read Spanish and/or English
Participants must be able to provide informed consent

Exclusion

Participants have a documented or observable psychiatric or neurological disorder that would interfere with study participation (e.g. severe dementia)
Use of feeding tubes at the time of study enrollment
  • Recruitment Rate- FeasibilityUp to 48 Months

    The Study will be deemed feasible ≥ 50% of eligible patients are enrolled.

  • Retention Rate- FeasibilityUp to 90 Days

    The Study will be deemed feasible if ≥ 70% of participants enrolled at baseline are retained at the end of the intervention period.

  • Patient-reported outcome completion-FeasibilityUp to 6 Months

    The Study will be deemed feasible if ≥ 70% of participants enrolled submit 4 of the 6 study assessments.

  • Food Log Data Collection-FeasibilityUp to 6 Months

    The study will be deemed feasible if ≥ 70% of participants enrolled log food for greater than 80% of study days (72 out of 90).

  • Adherence to Dietitian Visits- FeasibilityUp to 6 Months

    The Study will be deemed feasible if ≥ 70% of participants enrolled attend 4 out of 6 dietitian visits.

  • Fidelity to Study Protocol- FeasibilityUp to 6 Months

    The Study will be deemed feasible if 20% of randomly audited dietitian visits have documented PG-SGA and calorie and protein goals

  • Patient Rating of MyPlate app-FeasibilityUp to 6 Months

    The Study will be deemed feasible if ≥ 70% of participants rate the MyPlate app as east-to use utilizing a validated usability scale (score ≥ 60).

  • Participant Satisfaction- AcceptabilityUp to 6 Months

    Patient satisfaction with the intervention will be deemed acceptable if ≥ 70% of participants rate the intervention as satisfactory utilizing a validated 4 item scale (score range 0-20). A cutoff score of ≥ 12 based on prior studies to define intervention acceptability will be used.