... for the treatment of AIDS-related anorexia and cachexia have shown improvements in body weight with treatment. In a multicenter trial reported by Flynn et al. at the 7th International Conference on AIDS (1992), 65 patients with AIDS and weight loss of > 10% of ideal body weight were randomized to placebo...

... stimulation and nonfluid weight gain in patients with cancer anorexia/cachexia. The present trial was designed to compare megestrol acetate doses ranging from 160 to 1,280 mg/day. This trial randomly assigned 342 evaluable patients with cancer anorexia/cachexia to receive oral megestrol acetate at doses...

...Ekkehard Schmoll A placebo-controlled, randomized trial assessed the activity, tolerance, and degree of weight gain and anorexia of two doses of megestrol acetate in patients with advanced cancer and cachexia. Patients received either low-dose (480 mg/day) or high-dose (960 mg/day) megestrol...

... of megestrol acetate for the treatment of cachexia related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection demonstrate convincingly its effectiveness in treating many patients with HIV-related anorexia and cachexia. 26 6 2009 © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel 1992 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer...

... or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Anorexia Cachexia Nutrition...

...Eduardo Bruera Cachexia occurs in the majority of cancer patients before death. It is the result of major metabolic changes produced by tumor-released substances as well as by cytokines and some endogenous peptides. The most significant clinical manifestation is profound anorexia. Aggressive...

...Amalia Guaitani; Martino Recchia; Miriana Carli; Maurizio Rocchetti; Ivan Bartošek; Silvio Garattini Data on anorexia and cachexia induced by Walker carcinoma 256 in Sprague-Dawley rats were analyzed in order to standardize an experimental model using a statistical (nondeterministical) procedure...

... nitrogen retention. The combination of parenteral feeding and HS therapy sustained body and carcass weight with high nitrogen retention but stimulated tumor growth and was associated with liver toxicity. These results support the concept that cancer cachexia involves ‘a systemic energy-losing cycle...

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... activity as well as their prognosis. 18 1 1999 Interleukin-2 Soluble interleukin-2 receptor Cachexia Gastric cancer Colorectal cancer Laboratory/Clinical Translational Research Oncology 1999;56:54 58 Increased Serum Concentration of Circulating Soluble Receptor for Interleukin-2 and Its...