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  • Palliative Care
  • Rehabilitation Medicine

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  • Cancer cachexia significantly impairs patient quality of life.
  • Current treatments lack a gold standard due to complex pathophysiology.
  • A multitargeted, individualized approach is necessary for effective management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate multicomponent interventions for cancer cachexia.
  • To assess the targeting of key cachexia features and individual tailoring.
  • To determine the impact on patient quality of life.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of 62 multicomponent interventions for adult cancer cachexia.
  • Classified interventions by category, targeted cachexia features, and tailoring level.
  • Analyzed quality of life outcomes using standardized mean changes and differences.

Main Results:

  • Most interventions were tailored, but few targeted all four cachexia features.
  • Quality of life improved in 11 of 13 studies with high risk of bias.
  • Three of four studies comparing interventions to usual care showed improved quality of life.

Conclusions:

  • Multicomponent interventions vary in targeting cachexia features and tailoring.
  • Limited studies compare interventions to usual care, hindering definitive conclusions.
  • High risk of bias and heterogeneity challenge the interpretability of current findings.