Optimising physical fitness in patients receiving chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer: a feasibility study
Completed
- Conditions
- 10017991head and neck cancer
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON47819
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 37
Inclusion Criteria
head neck cancer patients who are scheduled for chemoradiotherapy or bioradiotherapy (cetuximab and radiotherapy)
<=> 18 years of age
sufficient Dutch writing and reading skills
no contra indication for physical activity
Exclusion Criteria
na
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary outcome is feasibility of the exercise intervention. Adherence and<br /><br>compliance will be monitored throughout the programme in a CRF<br /><br>(physiotherapist) and an exercise log/fitness tracker (patient). Recruitment<br /><br>rate will be registered in study file. Retention rate and number of supervised<br /><br>sessions will be registered in study file. Patient satisfaction will be<br /><br>explored by semi-structured interviews focusing on the beliefs, thoughts,<br /><br>perceptions and engagement with the exercise intervention before (week 0) and<br /><br>after (week 12).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secundary study parameters include; health related Quality of life<br /><br>(questionnaires), physical fitness (6-minute walking test,hand grip strenght,<br /><br>30 sec chair stand test), muscle strength (Microfet and hand grip strength),<br /><br>body composition (bio electric impedance analysis), energy expenditure<br /><br>(indirect calorimetry) and nutritional status (PG-SGA).</p><br>