The Effect of Endurance Training on Body Composition and Insulin Sensitivity in Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Inge Holm

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Endurance training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01676480

H-4-2009-102

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the present study is to investigate if endurance training can be used as a therapeutic action against the adverse metabolic disturbances and unfavourable changes in body composition that accompany the androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) treatment in prostate cancer patients.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Prostate cancer patients receiving ADT for at least 3 months
• Healthy age and BMI matched controls

Exclusion criteria

• severe cardiovascular disease
• severe arthritis
• severe neuropathy
• severe hypertension
• therapy with antidiabetic agents
• VO2max > 30.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

ADT group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Endurance training

Control group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Endurance training