NCT00883714

Exercise During the Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study will evaluate the effects of a structured endurance exercise program on the physical performance, the mood and the complications of patients with hematological malignancies undergoing a high-dose chemotherapy followed by an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

Conditions

• Fatigue
• Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Supervised exercise	The patients will carry out a daily exercise program consisting of walking on a treadmill for 30 minutes at an intensity of 80% of the maximum heart rate. The patients will be supervised by medical personnel.
OTHER	Exercise Instruction	The patients will receive instructions about exercise and will have access to a bike ergometer to work out. However, they will not receive daily supervision or participate in a structured exercise program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-05-01
• Primary completion: 2011-04-01
• Completion: 2011-08-01
• First posted: 2009-04-20
• Last updated: 2009-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany