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DAHANCA 25A: Resistance Training and Dietary Supplements as Intervention for Regaining Muscle Mass Following Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

NCT01025518 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2016-11-29

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether resistance training in combination with dietary supplementation is tolerable among head and neck cancer patients and to evaluate the possible effect on muscle mass, strength and functional capacity.

Conditions

  • Head and Neck Neoplasms

Interventions

OTHER

Resistance training

12 weeks of resistance training in combination with protein and creatine or placebo ingestion

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Protein and creatine

30 g of protein with each training session, 5 g of creatine pr day

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Maltodextrine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Danish Center for Interventional Research in Radiation Oncology (CIRRO)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Danish Head and Neck Cancer Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Jens Overgaard, Professor, MD · DAHANCA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-01-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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