Effects of Exercise in Combination With Epoetin Alfa

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Conditions studied: Multiple Myeloma

In brief

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Epoetin alfa therapy (short term versus long term) with and without a home-based individualized exercise program that incorporated aerobic and strength resistance training for patients being treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral bloodstem cell transplantation (PBSC T) for multiple myeloma. The endpoints for the study included the number of attempts at and total number of days of stem cell collection, number of RBC and platelet transfusions during the transplantation period, time-to-recovery after transplantation, and response to intensive therapy for multiple myeloma.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00577096

Run by

University of Arkansas

People needed

120

Starts

2001-10-01

Expected to finish

2004-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-06

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Those who were not at high risk for impending pathologic fracture or cord compression, as determined by magnetic resonance imaging and other radiology reports and physician assessments,and enrolled in Total Therapy treatment protocols were invited to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients were excluded if they showed any of the following attributes/conditions:
• Inability to understand the intent of the study
• Current diagnosis with a major psychiatric illness
• Presence of microcytic or macrocytic anemia
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Red cell transfusions within 2 weeks; and
• Recombinant epoetin alfa within 8 weeks of study enrollment.

Where it is running

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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