Physical Activity and Health of Children With Cancer in Remission

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Children; Cancer; Exercise
• Interventions: Behavioral: exercise

• Registration Number: NCT00839904
• Lead Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization

Brief Summary

Physical activity is a well-known and powerful tool in medicine,having preventive, palliative, and curative properties. This has not been sufficiently examined in children in remission from cancer. In this study, children in remission from cancer will be divided into exercise and control groups. The interventional group will perform two supervised, 60-minute weekly exercise sessions. Outcome measures of the exercise intervention will be quality of life, mood, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and bone mineral density.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2009-02-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-02-09
• Study First Posted: 2009-02-10
• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2012-08
• Study Completion: 2012-08
• Status Verified: 2013-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-07-29
• Last Update Posted: 2013-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• children aged 6-16
• remission from cancer
• >6 months after completion of all therapy

Exclusion Criteria

• informed consent not given in writing
• refusal of tests: blood, fitness, questionnaires or DEXA
• locomotive handicaps
• extreme fatigue, nausea, dyspnea
• concurrent acute illness
• recent (less than 3 months) hospitalization
• documented (echocardiographic or nuclear medicine) decrease in cardiac function
• abnormal blood tests: Hb < 10 gr/dl, neutropenia < 500/mm3, thrombocytopenia < 50,000/mm3
• additional chronic health conditions unrelated to cancer (e.g. celiac disease, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
exercise	exercise	two supervised, 60-minute weekly exercise sessions + instructions to perform additional physical activities throughout the day

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
health-related quality of life	6months
mood	6months
cardiorespiratory fitness	6months
body fat percentage	6months
bone mineral density	6months