Physical Activity and Testicular Cancer

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Testicular Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical activity counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01749774

2011/2008a

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and effect of a program including information, counseling and an individualized physical activity program on physical and psychological health during and after chemotherapy in patients with testicular cancer. It is hypothesized that the patients are able to complete the intervention with individual adjustments.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Seminoma/non-seminoma
• Stage II-IV
• 3-4 BEP(bleomycin,etoposide and cisplatin)or 4 EP(etoposide and cisplatin)
• > 18 years
• Capable of reading and writing Norwegian

Exclusion criteria

• Conditions of a severity that contraindicate exercise without adjusted actions
• Mentally incompetent conditions
• Conditions of a severity that complicates the ability to participate in a supervised training program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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13 participants in 1 patient group

Physical activity counseling

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical activity counseling