Developing Objective Fatigue Indicators in Colorectal Cancer Survivors.

National Taiwan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: exercise education and walking program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01700283

201208026RIC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aims of this four-year study are to

1. Explore exercise behavior, exercise barriers, and identify the significant factors for exercise behavior in colorectal cancer survivors.
2. Explore the relationships among fatigue, muscle strength, and metabolomics and further examine the possible biomarkers from muscle strength and metabolomics for fatigue.
3. Develop a clinical guidelines of home-based fatigue management and exercise program and test its effect on decreasing fatigue for patients with colorectal cancer after surgery in Taiwan.

Enrollment: 306 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Colorectal cancer survivors completed treatment at least 3 months in clinics.
• Aged above 20.

Exclusion criteria

• KPS < 60
• Stage 4
• Bone meta

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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306 participants in 2 patient groups

exercise education and walking program

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: exercise education and walking program

maintain their daily activity

No Intervention group