The study will evaluate the effects of a structured endurance exercise program on the physical performance, the mood and the complications of patients with hematological malignancies undergoing a high-dose chemotherapy followed by an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
The patients will carry out a daily exercise program consisting of walking on a treadmill for 30 minutes at an intensity of 80% of the maximum heart rate. The patients will be supervised by medical personnel.
The patients will receive instructions about exercise and will have access to a bike ergometer to work out. However, they will not receive daily supervision or participate in a structured exercise program.
Section Sports Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
RECRUITINGVO2max
Time frame: At recruitment and after 4 weeks
Complications
Time frame: 4 weeks
Mood
Time frame: At recruitment and after 4 weeks
Requirement for blood and platelets transfusions
Time frame: 4 weeks
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