Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialThe deliverability, acceptability, and perceived effect of the Macmillan approach to weight loss and eating difficulties: a phase II, cluster-randomized, exploratory trial of a psychosocial intervention for weight- and eating-related distress in people with advanced cancer.
Up to 80% of people with cancer will develop weight loss and anorexia during the advanced stages of the disease. The Macmillan Weight and Eating Studies (2000-2009) have used the Medical Research Council complex interventions framework to develop the first psychosocial intervention for weight- and eating-related distress (WRD and ERD) in people with advanced cancer and their carers: The Macmillan Approach to Weight and Eating (MAWE). ⋯ A follow-on randomized controlled trial of MAWE is warranted but should be of a revised design.