Low Intensity Aerobic Exercise and Active Exercises in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Other: Low Intensity Aerobic Exercises Group; Other: Active Exercises Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05059990

REC/01085 Ishrat Perveen

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the effect of low intensity aerobic exercise and active ROM exercises on cancer related fatigue and its associated symptoms and quality of life in cancer patients receiving palliative care.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ability to give written consent.
• Diagnosed advance cancer specifically gastrointestinal tract (GIT) cancer, Lung cancer and Breast cancer etc. (stage 2 and 3).
• Intensity of fatigue ≥4 out of 10 on fatigue Numerical Rating Scale in first visit observation
• Survival expectancy more than one month,
• Functional status allowing the participants to participate in the proposed therapy.

Exclusion criteria

• Anemia (Hb ≤ 8g/dl),
• Existence of other comorbidities causing fatigue (i.e. Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, Heart failure),
• Infection requiring antibodies
• bone metastases,
• thrombocytopenia (<50×109/l),
• myocardial infarction within the past three months
• uncontrolled hypertension (diastolic pressure >95 mm Hg).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Low Intensity Aerobic Exercises Group

Experimental group

Description:

stationary cycle for aerobic exercise

Treatment:

Other: Low Intensity Aerobic Exercises Group

Active Exercises Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Upper and lower limb range of Motion (ROM) \& stretching exercises uses in active exercise group

Treatment:

Other: Active Exercises Group