Papers/PMID:28444084
Effects of zinc supplementation on fatigue and quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer.
Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2017The record
2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints · 2 null
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
2 findings
Zn(2+) — no detected effect on subjective fatigue
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.FindingNull result“The scores of quality of life and fatigue questionnaires were not different between the groups during the chemotherapy cycles (Table 3).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of zinc supplementation on fatigue and quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 4 months
- Dose
- 35 mg elemental zinc as zinc sulfate (154 mg per capsule) after breakfast and after dinner, 70 mg per day
- Population
- Patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma receiving chemotherapy (CAPOX, capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil plus folinic acid), 24 completers, FACIT-F fatigue scale completed before each of four chemotherapy cycles
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Zn(2+) — no detected effect on health-related quality of life
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1“The scores of quality of life and fatigue questionnaires were not different between the groups during the chemotherapy cycles (Table 3).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of zinc supplementation on fatigue and quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 4 months
- Dose
- 35 mg elemental zinc as zinc sulfate (154 mg per capsule) after breakfast and after dinner, 70 mg per day
- Population
- Patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma receiving chemotherapy (CAPOX, capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil plus folinic acid), 24 completers, FACIT-F quality of life completed before each of four chemotherapy cycles
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