Physical activity level as an outcome measure for use in cancer cachexia trials: a feasibility study

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer; Palliative care in cancer patients; Palliative care

• Registration Number: ISRCTN32511542
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Nottingham (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-12-05
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of lung or upper-gastrointestinal cancer
2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 - 2
3. Adequate understanding of verbal and written English

Exclusion Criteria

1. Currently receiving chemo-radiation therapy
2. Less than four weeks post surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage acceptability of assessing physical activity level with an ActivPAL monitor over one week in patients with lung or upper gastro-intestinal cancer.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Correlation between the stepping component and the non-stepping component of the activity score<br>2. Limits of agreement between the measured stepping component of the activity score and an estimate of the stepping component based on step count; step count for each participant multiplied by the mean 'activity per step' calculated from all participants<br><br>All secondary endpoints will be assessed retrospectively, after one week, using the data uploaded from the activity monitors.