Wheatgrass Juice / Lifestyle Recommendations / Cancer Patients' Quality of Life / Chemotherapy Treatment
Wheatgrass Juice / Lifestyle Recommendations / Cancer Patients' Quality of Life / Chemotherapy Treatment
This study is aimed to study the impact of wheatgrass juice and lifestyle recommendations
 (diet, physical activity and breathing exercises) on the well being, fatigue and
 hematological parameters of chemotherapy-naive patients with no evidence for symptoms of
 active oncological disease.The researchers hypothesize that both wheatgrass juice and
 lifestyle recommendations can improve patient's well-being during chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy-naive patients will be offered to participate in a two arms study. Following
 consent, patients will be randomized to one of two arms. Patients in both arms will be
 provided by booklet and audio-cassette that specify lifestyle recommendations (diet, physical
 activity and breathing exercises). Patients in one of the study arms will be provided in
 addition with frozen wheatgrass juice (recommended daily dosage of 55-110 CC daily). Patients
 in both arms will be asked to fill in a daily patient's diary monitoring the practice of the
 lifestyle recommendations.

 Baseline assessment will include the following questionnaires: ESAS, MYCAW, FACIT- Fatigue.
 Evaluation will include weekly ESAS and FACIT-Fatigue questionnaire and subsequent evaluation
 (including ESAS, MYCAW, FACIT- Fatigue questionnaires) following 3 and 4 chemotherapy cycles
 of treatment. Follow-up evaluation will be performed at the completion of chemotherapy.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Clinical diagnosis of cancer with no sign of active disease

 -  First-time treatment with chemotherapy

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Treatment with per os administration of chemotherapy