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Exercise Intervention Study for Pancreatic Cancer Patients

NCT01977066 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2017-02-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of two specific exercise interventions and one standard care control arm on physical functioning.The investigators expect that supervised training is most beneficial to the patients. However, they also expect some benefit for patients in the home-based training.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Six months supervised resistance training

progressive resistance training (2x/week), starting at the earliest 8 weeks after surgery until maximum 12 months after the surgery with only low-to-moderate-intensity training during the first 4 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Six months home-based exercise training

Home-based exercise training (2x/week) with initial counseling and weekly telephone contact starting at the earliest 8 weeks after surgery until maximum 12 months after the surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Heidelberg Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V., Bonn (Germany)

    collaborator OTHER

  • German Cancer Research Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen G Steindorf, Prof. Dr. · German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)/ German National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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