Patients start receiving a dose of 0.5 mg daily oral nabilone the first 2 weeks and then 1 mg to complete 8 weeks.

Patients start receiving a dose of 0.5 mg daily oral placebo the first 2 weeks and then 1 mg to complete 8 weeks.

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Anorexia

Cachexia

Weight Lose

Patients going to take 0.5 mg capsules of nabilone (CESAMET) the first 2 weeks and then increased to 1 mg to complete 8 weeks.

Nabilone

Patients going to take capsules of placebo until complete 8 weeks.

Placebo

Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia

Nabilone Effect on the Attenuation of Anorexia, Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Lung Cancer Patients

Nabilone Effect on the Attenuation of Anorexia, Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Patients With Anorexia Associated With Advanced Lung Cancer: Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial

Lack of desire to eat food. Will be obtained through a questionnaire Anorexia / Cachexia scale from Functional Assessment of Anorexia Cachexia Therapy (FAACT) (score ≤24 diagnosis of anorexia)

It is an index of a person's weight in relation to height

convenient, fast and cheaper method used to make a nutritional assessment, consisting of 3 parts: anamnesis, physical examination and qualification.

Total calories consumed on average per day for a subject

Total protein grams consumed on average per day for a subject

Total lipids grams consumed on average per day for a subject

Total carbohydrate grams consumed on average per day for a subject

adverse effect from Common terminology criteria for adverse event

The Global status of Quality of Life evaluation is evaluated using the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer with the items 29 and 30.

The Physical functioning evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Role functioning evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Emotional Functioning evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Social Functioning evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Nausea/Vomiting evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Fatigue evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The appetite loss evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

dronabinol/necrosis

Nabilone Effect on the Attenuation of Anorexia, Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Lung Cancer Patients

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