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2025-12-25 @ 1:40 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-26 @ 1:22 AM
Study NCT ID:
NCT05539794
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2025-06-11
First Post:
2022-04-18
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Exercise and Lifestyle in Adolescent Cancer (HEALTHYADOL)
Sponsor:
Universidad Europea de Madrid
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Exercise and Lifestyle Intervention for Patients With Adolescent Cancer: a Randomised Controlled Trial (HEALTHYADOL)
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2025-04
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
HEALTHYADOL
Brief Summary:
The investigators will study the effects of an inhospital exercise intervention combined with lifestyle--including diet--counselling along the duration of treatment (neoadjuvant \[solid tumours\]/intense chemotherapy \[leukemias\], expected median duration 5-6 months) on several health-related variables. Participants will be recruited from 4 hospitals in Madrid (Spain). Inclusion criteria: male/female aged 12-19 years, newly diagnosed with a malignant extracranial tumour; not having received any type of therapy--except surgery--at the time of diagnosis; adequate health status (Karnofsky/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale score ≥50/2); to understand Spanish language and to provide written informed consent. The investigators will recruit ≥136 participants and conduct a randomised controlled trial. In addition to usual care, the control group will be informed of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. The intervention group will follow a physical exercise and lifestyle counselling program. The exercise intervention will be performed in the hospital gymnasium, except for neutropenic phases--during which time sessions will be performed in the patients' ward--and will also include inspiratory muscle training. Health counselling will include a psychological intervention based on motivational interviewing techniques, guidance by a nutritionist, and support sessions with survivors who will share their experiences with the study participants. The following outcomes will be assessed at baseline (diagnosis), end of treatment, and at 3-month follow-up in all participants: echocardiography-determined left ventricular function (primary outcome); and other echocardiography-determined variables, cardiac biomarkers, blood pressure, blood lipids, body composition, physical activity levels, energy intake, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, functional mobility, health-related quality of life, cancer-related fatigue, clinical variables, and potential biological underpinnings of exercise multisystemic benefits (metabolic and inflammatory markers, plasma proteome, gut microbiome, and immune function).
Detailed Description:
Background. Health promotion interventions are needed during adolescent cancer treatment to facilitate the acquisition of good health practices as patients transition to survivorship. Although meta-analytical evidence supports the health benefits of exercise in the context of childhood cancer, there is scant data focusing solely on adolescents.
Hypothesis and objectives. The investigators hypothesise that an inhospital exercise intervention combined with lifestyle counselling during treatment for adolescent cancer will provide several health benefits, particularly related to the cardiometabolic profile. Thus, the investigators will study the effects of an inhospital exercise intervention combined with lifestyle--including diet--counselling along the duration of treatment (neoadjuvant \[solid tumours\]/intense chemotherapy \[leukaemias\], expected median duration 5-6 months) on several health-related variables.
Setting and Methods. Participants will be recruited from 4 hospitals in Madrid (Spain). Inclusion criteria: male/female aged 12-19 years, newly diagnosed with a malignant extracranial tumour; not having received any type of therapy--except surgery--at the time of diagnosis; adequate health status (Karnofsky/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale score ≥50/2); to understand Spanish language and to provide written informed consent. The investigators will recruit ≥136 participants and conduct a randomised controlled trial (1:1 ratio randomisation with a block on gender and tumour type \[leukaemias/lymphomas\]). In addition to usual care, the control group will be informed of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. The intervention group will follow a physical exercise and lifestyle counselling program. The exercise intervention will be performed in the hospital gymnasium (3 sessions/week of aerobic and resistance exercises), except for neutropenic phases--during which time sessions will be performed in the patients' ward--and will also include inspiratory muscle training (5 days/week). Health counselling will include a psychological intervention (1 session/week) based on motivational interviewing techniques, guidance by a nutritionist (2 sessions/month), and support sessions (1/month) with survivors (≥5-year survivorship) who will share their experiences with the study participants. The following outcomes will be assessed at baseline (diagnosis), end of treatment, and at 3-month follow-up in all participants: echocardiography-determined left ventricular function (primary outcome); and other echocardiographic variables, cardiometabolic biomarkers, blood pressure, blood lipids, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-determined body composition (fat \[including visceral adipose tissue\]/lean mass, bone mineral content/density), energy intake, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, functional mobility, health-related quality of life, cancer-related fatigue, clinical variables (survival, treatment tolerability, hospitalisation length), and potential biological underpinnings of exercise multisystemic benefits (cardiometabolic and inflammatory biomarkers, gut microbiome, and immune function \[lymphocyte subpopulations, natural killer cell cytotoxicity\]) (secondary outcomes).
Hypothesis and objectives. The investigators hypothesise that an inhospital exercise intervention combined with lifestyle counselling during treatment for adolescent cancer will provide several health benefits, particularly related to the cardiometabolic profile. Thus, the investigators will study the effects of an inhospital exercise intervention combined with lifestyle--including diet--counselling along the duration of treatment (neoadjuvant \[solid tumours\]/intense chemotherapy \[leukaemias\], expected median duration 5-6 months) on several health-related variables.
Setting and Methods. Participants will be recruited from 4 hospitals in Madrid (Spain). Inclusion criteria: male/female aged 12-19 years, newly diagnosed with a malignant extracranial tumour; not having received any type of therapy--except surgery--at the time of diagnosis; adequate health status (Karnofsky/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale score ≥50/2); to understand Spanish language and to provide written informed consent. The investigators will recruit ≥136 participants and conduct a randomised controlled trial (1:1 ratio randomisation with a block on gender and tumour type \[leukaemias/lymphomas\]). In addition to usual care, the control group will be informed of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. The intervention group will follow a physical exercise and lifestyle counselling program. The exercise intervention will be performed in the hospital gymnasium (3 sessions/week of aerobic and resistance exercises), except for neutropenic phases--during which time sessions will be performed in the patients' ward--and will also include inspiratory muscle training (5 days/week). Health counselling will include a psychological intervention (1 session/week) based on motivational interviewing techniques, guidance by a nutritionist (2 sessions/month), and support sessions (1/month) with survivors (≥5-year survivorship) who will share their experiences with the study participants. The following outcomes will be assessed at baseline (diagnosis), end of treatment, and at 3-month follow-up in all participants: echocardiography-determined left ventricular function (primary outcome); and other echocardiographic variables, cardiometabolic biomarkers, blood pressure, blood lipids, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-determined body composition (fat \[including visceral adipose tissue\]/lean mass, bone mineral content/density), energy intake, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, functional mobility, health-related quality of life, cancer-related fatigue, clinical variables (survival, treatment tolerability, hospitalisation length), and potential biological underpinnings of exercise multisystemic benefits (cardiometabolic and inflammatory biomarkers, gut microbiome, and immune function \[lymphocyte subpopulations, natural killer cell cytotoxicity\]) (secondary outcomes).
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: