Effects of Preoperative Physical Therapy in Patients With Lower Extremity Malignancy

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Conditions studied: Osteosarcoma, Ewing's Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Synovial Sarcoma, Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Sarcoma, Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Bone, Chondrosarcoma of the Bone

In brief

This application proposes a prospective clinical trial to evaluate the impact of adding a focused physical therapy (PT) intervention to the preoperative regimen of individuals diagnosed with a malignancy of the lower extremity (LE). The primary aim will be to determine if individuals diagnosed with a malignancy of the LE can participate in a 10 week preoperative strengthening, stretching, and aerobic exercise regimen.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01674101

Run by

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

People needed

20

Starts

2012-09-01

Expected to finish

2015-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-04

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient being treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• Permission from participant's physician
• Participants must be between the ages of 6 and 30 years of age
• Patient is newly diagnosed with LE malignancy as shown by biopsy. Diagnoses include: osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the bone and chondrosarcoma of the bone, or any other LE malignancy that requires surgical intervention.
• Patient has Karnofsky score ≥ 50 or WHO/ECOG ≤ 2 if ≥ 16 years of age
• Lansky score ≥ 50 for patients age < 16
• Surgical intervention is planned primary mechanism of local control
• Negative pregnancy test
• All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with serious, non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture (other than pathologic fracture)
• Pre-morbid condition that prevents patient from ambulating
• Patients who do not have at least 10 weeks before receiving local control

Where it is running

• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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