Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) continues to be a serious healthcare concern. It is painful, persistent, resistant to conventional pain therapies, and results in long-term suffering and decreased quality of life for many cancer survivors. The role of exercise to decrease CIPN-related neuropathic pain (CIPN-NP) will be investigated, with the goal of identifying the mechanisms associated with this therapeutic approach to manage CIPN-NP.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Exercise physiologist supervised walking or running on the treadmill 3 times weekly for 12 weeks.
weekly contact by study staff with survivorship information offered not related to neuropathy.
Exercise physiologist supervised upper and lower extremity resistive training 3 times weekly for 12 weeks
Baltimore VA Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sensory pain
Thermal, mechanical, and vibration sensation by quantitative sensory testing
Time frame: 13 weeks
Nerve fiber density
laboratory examination of skin biopsy samples for measurement of nerve fiber density
Time frame: 13 weeks
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