Exercise Following Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Hematological Disease

Treatments: Other: Supervised exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00883961

EA4/029/09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluates the effects of a supervised exercise program on the physical performance, the mood and the complications of therapy in patients undergoing a high-dose chemotherapy followed by an autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-70
• Hematological disease
• Treatment with high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation
• Understanding of written German

Exclusion criteria

• Cardiorespiratory, metabolical, osteoarticular or immunological diseases which can be aggravated by exercise
• Pathological stress-ECG at admission

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Supervised exercise

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Supervised exercise

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The patients will not carry out a structured exercise program.