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Exercise Therapy in Radiation Therapy

NCT03905356 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2023-05-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate exercise therapy as a method for potentially improving radiation therapy treatment toxicities for metastatic cancer patients receiving radiation therapy.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise Therapy

Certified exercise oncology specialists will personalize, prescribe, and guide ET, including twice weekly resistance training and walking, performed at home, with supervision in the Exercise Medicine Unit. The cancer exercise physiologist will teach participants proper warm ups, use of equipment, exercise form, modes of activity, intensity of exercise, flexibility exercises, and cool down. In addition, patients will be instructed to exercise on their own, at home, according to the instructions from the cancer exercise specialist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen Sturgeon, PhD · Penn State College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-12
Primary Completion
2022-01-26
Completion
2023-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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