NCT03556748

WB-EMS and Nutrition in Patients With Hematological Malignancies

Effect of Whole-body Electromyostimulation Combined With Individualized Nutritional Support on Patients With Hematological Malignancies

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effects of a whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) training combined with individualized nutritional support on skeletal muscle mass, body composition, muscle strength/function, quality of life, fatigue, pain and gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with hematological malignancies 4-6 weeks before and 4-6 weeks after undergoing stem cell Transplantation. Within this context, this study also investigates the effect of the nutrition and exercise intervention on the period of hospitalization, period of White blood cell recovery and frequency and severity of complications (mucositis, Graft-versus-Host-Disease, infections) after stem cell Transplantation as consequences of the therapeutic immune Suppression.

Conditions

• Hematologic Diseases
• Cachexia; Cancer
• Leukemia
• Myeloma
• Lymphoma
• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	whole-body electromyostimulation	WB-EMS training is performed 2x/week for a total of 12 weeks; Stimulation protocol: Frequency of 85 Hz, pulse duration of 0.35 ms, stimulation period of 6 sec, resting period of 4 sec; supervised by certified training instructors/physiotherapists participants perform simple exercises during the stimulation period following a video tutorial

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-01
• Primary completion: 2019-10-31
• Completion: 2019-10-31
• First posted: 2018-06-14
• Last updated: 2018-06-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany