EXercise TheRApy in Mesothelioma - A Feasibility Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Number of patients recruited
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether running an exercise study in patients with mesothelioma is feasible. The main question(s) it aims to answer are:
- Is it feasible to recruit patients to a randomised clinical trial of exercise therapy
- What are the barriers to study recruitment
- What are the barriers to study retention
Participants who decide to take part in the study will be randomly allocated one of two study arms:
- Standard of care, where the participant will undergo their usual clinical follow-up
- Exercise therapy, where the participant will receive a personalised 12 week exercise, nutrition and wellbeing programme Participants in both study arms will be asked to complete quality of life questionnaires and a basic fitness assessment at the start and end of the study follow-up period.
Participants will be asked if they would be happy to conduct a short interview with a member of the research team, to assess their views on the study. This interview will be audio recorded and the audio recording will be transcribed anonymously to allow researchers to improve future study design.
详细描述
The aim of this study is to examine the feasibility of a randomised trial of exercise therapy in Mesothelioma. It will define likely rate of recruitment based on performance in two mesothelioma centres and identify barriers to recruitment and retention. Outcomes from the study will help refine the design of a future definitive phase 3 trial. That future phase 3 trial will have a patient-centred primary endpoint, e.g. a meaningful improvement in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) or an increase in treatment uptake or tolerance. Additional outcome measures are likely to include functional fitness, hospital admissions and overall survival.
A randomised prospective feasibility study will be performed over 12 months in two centres in the United Kingdom (Glasgow and Manchester). If eligible for the study, patients will be randomised 1:1 to receive a personalised exercise programme or standard care. Patients randomised to the intervention (exercise) arm will undergo an individualised assessment by either a physiotherapist or a qualified exercise specialist with specialised exercise and health condition qualifications. Following this initial assessment, patients will receive a tailored exercise, wellbeing and nutritional support package. The investigators will assess functional fitness and health-related quality of life scores as study outcome measures. The investigators also aim to conduct semi-structured interviews in patients who decline to participate or drop out of the study in order to examine barriers to study recruitment and retention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
Open label, no masking
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Diagnosis of mesothelioma, ratified by a mesothelioma multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meeting
- •Performance status 0 - 2
- •Clinical frailty score ≤5
- •Informed written consent
排除标准
- •Performance status ≥3
- •Clinical frailty score ≥6
- •Unlikely to be able to participate in an exercise programme (clinician/physiotherapist judgement)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of patients recruited
时间窗: 12 months
Number of patients recruited to the study
次要结局
- Intervention adherence rate(12 months)
- Framework analysis from qualitative interviews(12 months)
- Study drop-out rate(12 months)
- Health-related Quality of Life questionnaire completion rate(18 months)
- Proportion of screened patients who are ineligible(12 months)