Nutrition and Physical Exercise Study

Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW

Status

Completed

Conditions

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Lung Cancer

Treatments

Behavioral: Nutrition & physical exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01540968

KEK-ZH-Nr. 2011-0447

KFS-2833-08-2011 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a combined treatment of nutritional therapy and physical exercise in palliative cancer out-patients. The investigators hypothesize that this combined intervention consisting of an increased energy- and protein intake and physical exercise level improves quality of life (QoL), functional and clinical status.

Enrollment

58 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic lung cancer or gastrointestinal cancer
WHO performance status 0, 1 or 2
Able to walk at least 100 meters independently without crutches or walking frame assessed by the treating physician on the basis of the patient's history and physical condition
Receiving palliative treatment

Exclusion criteria

Enteral and/or parenteral nutrition within 1 month previous to study participation
History of ileus within one month
Known brain metastases or symptomatic bone metastases
Psychiatric disorder precluding understanding of information on trial related topics and giving informed consent.
Any serious underlying medical condition which could impair the ability of the patient to participate in the trial