Physical Activity and Functioning in Palliative Cancer Patients - a Clinical Randomised Trial

Norwegian University of Science and Technology231 enrolled

Overview

The project consists of two studies where we want to throw light on the importance of physical activity/exercise to maintain physical function among cancer patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Study I is a randomised intervention study where we want to study the effect of adjusted physical exercise compared to usual care. In study II our main aim is to validate different subjective and objective methods to measure physical functioning

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

231

Conditions

Cancer

Interventions

Physical exerciseBEHAVIORAL

Physical exercise twice a week for 8 weeks, and best supportive care

best supportive careOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Palliative cancer patients, * life expectancy between 3 and 12 months, * Karnofsky status equally or above 60, * pain score equal or below 3 on numerical rating scale (0-10), * cognitive function intact

Locations (5)

Sunniva Clinic for Palliative Care

Bergen, Norway

Hospice Lovisenberg

Oslo, Norway

Oslo University Hospital

Oslo, Norway

Telemark Hospital

Skien, Norway

St. Olavs University Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Fatigue

Time frame: immediately before and after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Health related quality of life and physical functioning

Time frame: immediately before and after the intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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