NCT03005392

Home-exercise Program for Children and Adolescent Survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Effects of a Physical Exercise Program in Patients With Diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

* Exercise programs in children and teenagers with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) strengthens their physical fitness. * Exercising improves muscular and functional mobility fitness after finalizing chemotherapy in children and teenagers diagnosed with ALL. * Assess cardiological changes

Detailed description

Children and adolescents survivors of ALL will be randomly assigned to the intervention group and to the control group. A home-exercise program will be designed for 16 weeks with 55 sessions, combining aerobic, strength and flexibility exercises of light and moderate intensity. The following tests will be performed to evaluate the effects of the intervention program: Echocardiography, Tape treadmill test using a ramp protocol to assess cardiorespiratory fitness, hand grip test to assess muscular grip strength, Timed Up test And Go Test (TUG) and Timed Up and Down Stairs Test (TUDS) to assess functional mobility, the sit and reach test to assess flexibility and a questionnaire to assess levels of physical activity. The control group will perform their usual physical activity

Conditions

• Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	exercise	An exercise program will be designed over 16 weeks with 55 sessions, moderately increasing the volume and intensity of the load every 4 weeks. The program will consist of strength exercises, flexibility and aerobic endurance, which will be explained in videos and are going to be available in an online platform. The physiotherapist will contact the patient and/or tutor weekly so as to answer and doubts they may have with respect to the exercise program and to further supervise their compliance (group with intervention).

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2016-12-29
• Last updated: 2016-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain