Exercise medicine to improve treatment outcomes for prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Prostate cancer; Cancer - Prostate

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000786594
• Lead Sponsor: Edith Cowan University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-06-26
• Last Update Posted: 8 July 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

I) Patients diagnosed with localised or locally advanced prostate cancer;
II) Patients scheduled for conventional or moderately hypofractionated external beam radiotherapy; and
III) Approval from treating oncologist to participate in study.

Exclusion Criteria

I) Previous radical prostatectomy;
II) Patients already engaging in regular exercise (defined as undertaking structured, i.e. planned and individualised, aerobic or resistance exercise on 2 or more days per week within the past 3 months);
III) Acute illness or musculoskeletal/ cardiovascular/ neurological disorder that could put patients at risk during exercise testing or training;
IV) Bone metastases; and
V) Contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified