The purpose of this pilot study will be to provide i) information on feasibility implementing an exercise intervention trial among patients with cutaneous cancers, including melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma (cuSCC), and Merkel cell carcinoma, scheduled to receive checkpoint blockade immunotherapy, and ii) preliminary data on the impact of a day-of-therapy exercise intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Supervised pedaling on an ergometer (stationary bike) at a moderate pace for a goal of 30 minutes. The exercise test will be scheduled at infusion visits 1, 6, and 12 or 1 and 3 over the treatment cycle, depending on the group assignment.
AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Orlando, Florida, United States
RECRUITINGRelapse-free survival
For patients treated in the adjuvant setting. Total study duration is dependent upon oncology therapy. Recurrence-free survival will be assessed.
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Pathological complete response (pCR)
For patients treated in the neoadjuvant setting. All neoadjuvant patients will have remaining tumor and, when appropriate, its associated nodal basin removed after completion of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy. Total study duration is dependent upon oncology therapy. This will be measured in excised tissues after standard-of-care surgery post completion of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy.
Time frame: Up to 12 months
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