Exercise in Lessening Fatigue Caused by Cancer in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

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Conditions studied: Fatigue, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

RATIONALE: Physical activity may help lessen fatigue caused by cancer in patients receiving chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether a home-based walking and resistance-band exercise program is effective in lessening fatigue. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well exercise works in lessening fatigue caused by cancer in patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00924651

Run by

Gary Morrow

People needed

693

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-08

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• primary diagnosis of cancer other than leukemia, with no distant metastasis
• chemotherapy naïve
• starting chemotherapy treatments for cancer and scheduled for at least 6 weeks of treatments with treatment cycles of either 2, 3 or 4 weeks. Oral chemotherapy (e.g., Xeloda) is acceptable
• Karnofsky Performance level of 70 or greater
• able to read English

You may not qualify if…

• diagnosis of leukemia
• metastatic disease
• receiving concurrent radiation therapy
• physical limitations (e.g., cardiorespiratory, orthopedic, central nervous system) that contraindicate participation in a low to moderate intensity home-based walking and progressive resistance program
• identified as in the active or maintenance stage of exercise behavior as assessed by the Exercise Stages of Change Short Form

Where it is running

• James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center — Rochester, New York, United States

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