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About the eggactly study
About the eggactly study
Cancer and its treatment lead to development of prominent nutrition impact symptoms like nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and taste and smell changes. These symptoms can make eating difficult during and after cancer treatment.
Eggs are a preferred food choice in people living with cancer. Eggs are a source of high quality protein, contain all the essential amino acids and have high digestibility. The eggsactly study is a nutrition intervention study designed by researchers at the U of A, to investigate eggs as a source of protein for patients after cancer treatment.
Eligibility
Eligibility
People receiving or completed treatment with chemotherapy for head/neck cancer or lung cancer
To learn more, please scan the QR code and complete the survey.
To learn more, please scan the QR code and complete the survey.
What will happen in the study?
In this 8 week study, participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups.
Group 1: will consume 2 eggs per day as part of their usual diet for 8 weeks.
Group 2: will continue on their current diet for first 4 weeks and will consume 2 eggs per day as part of the usual diet from weeks 5 to 8.
How will we support the participants?
Eggs and egg products will be provided during participation in the study (4 or 8 weeks).
A recipe book containing egg recipes from around the globe with a different theme each week will be provided to help add eggs to the diet. Participants can also use their own recipes.
A member of the study team will call participants each week to suggest ways to add eggs to the diet and answer questions.
What can you expect?
There will be 3 visits to Human Nutrition Research Unit (HNRU) at the University of Alberta Campus which will take about one hour. Parking will be provided. On each of these visits we will collect the following:
Dietary history for protein and energy intake.
Weight, height and body composition
An assessment of physical performance
Blood sample
Questionnaires related to food intake and quality of life.
Ethical approval and funding
Ethical approval and funding
This study has been approved by the Health Research Ethics Committee (Ethics ID: HREBA.CC-22-0348).
Clinicaltrials.gov regitration number: NCT05859100
Funding: Egg Farmers of Canada
Partners: Burnbrae farms limited
Compensation
Compensation
Parking will be paid for the 3 study visits to HNRU .
Participants will be responsible for the transportation to and from HNRU.
Eggs qnd egg products will be provided for the duration of the study.
Stay connected with us:
If you are interested in participating or have additional questions, please contact us:
Email: eggstudy@ualberta.ca
Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, 7-126, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1
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