NCT03775369

Glioma and Exercising

Influence of Physical Activity in Patients With High Grade Glioma (WHO III° and IV°) on Patients' Psychological Well Being, Sleep and Quality of Life

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To investigate the influence of two physical activity and exercising (PAE) interventions, namely resistance training and endurance training in relation to quality of life, depression, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, stress and coping, body image, and social interactions (psychological dimensions); cardiorespiratory fitness, morning cortisol secretion, inflammatory markers, and objective sleep (physiological dimensions), along with cancer-related dimensions

Detailed description

Patients with high grade glioma (WHO III° and IV°) and undergoing radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or both radio- and chemotherapy suffer from decreased quality of life (QoL). This study is to analyse the influence of two adjuvant interventions of physical activity and exercising (PAE) (namely resistance training and endurance training) in relation to quality of life, depression, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, stress and coping, body image, and social interactions (psychological dimensions); cardiorespiratory fitness, morning cortisol secretion, inflammatory markers, and objective sleep (physiological dimensions).

Conditions

• High Grade Glioma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	endurance training	physical activity and exercising (PAE)
OTHER	social support and counseling	social support and counseling
OTHER	resistance training	physical activity and exercising (PAE)

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-26
• Primary completion: 2022-02-28
• Completion: 2022-02-28
• First posted: 2018-12-13
• Last updated: 2022-05-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Switzerland