NCT06012253

The Effect of Home-Based Walking Program on Peripheral Neuropathy, Fatigue and Quality of Life

The Effect of Home-Based Walking Program on Peripheral Neuropathy, Fatigue and Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Taxane and Platinum-Based Chemotherapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 88 (actual)
• Sponsor: Akdeniz University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aims to evaluate the effect of home-based walking program on peripheral neuropathy, fatigue and quality of life in patients receiving taxane and platinum-based chemotherapy.

Detailed description

The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial. This study will be carried out with a total of 88 cancer patients receiving taxane and platinum-based chemotherapy, 44 of whom were in the intervention group and 44 in the control group, whose treatment was started in Akdeniz University Hospital."Home Based Walking Program" will be applied to the patients in the intervention group for 8 weeks.Within the scope of the Home-Based Walking Program, face-to-face patient education, patient education booklet, sending text messages, face-to-face and telephone counseling were planned. Patient Identification Form, International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ- Short Form), National Cancer Institute (NCI) -CTCAE v5.0 Toxicity Criteria, Cancer Fatigue Scale, EORTC QLQ-CIPN20 (Quality of Life Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy) and EORTC QLQ-C30 (Quality of Life Scale), Interview Form will be used to collect data.

Conditions

• Chemotherapeutic Toxicity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Home Based Walking Program	The intervention group will be applied to "Home Based Walking Program". It was aimed that the patients should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical exercise per week for up to 8 weeks. The content of the program includes a walking information booklet (information notes, activity chart and obstacle avoidance form), exercise diary, face-to-face-telephone counseling, sending text messages, prepared in line with international guides. It was planned to give weekly counseling to the patients included in the intervention group for an 8-week period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-15
• Primary completion: 2024-08-30
• Completion: 2024-12-20
• First posted: 2023-08-25
• Last updated: 2025-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)