Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01540968
Nutrition and Physical Exercise Study
Influence of a Combined Intervention by Nutritional Support and Physical Exercise on Quality of Life in Cancer Out-patients Treated in Palliative Intention.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 58 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
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.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Nutrition & physical exercise | Patients will be randomly assigned to intensive individual nutritional counselling including oral nutritional supplements and a specifically designed exercise program combining strength and balance training. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-03-01
- Completion
- 2015-03-01
- First posted
- 2012-02-29
- Last updated
- 2015-06-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Switzerland
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01540968. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.