NCT06825429

Group Exercise in Cancer Patients Under Active Treatment: Feasibility Pilot Study.

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study to investigate the feasibility in hospital reality, of a group exercise program for oncology patients under active treatment and evaluate its impact on some outcomes considered relevant from both clinical and subjective point of view.

Detailed description

The intervention will consist of EFG sessions lasting 45 minutes each, twice a week for 12 weeks to be carried out in the gym of the Rehabilitation Day Hospital. Each 45-minute session includes an initial relaxation/stretching phase, simple aerobic exercises, muscle strengthening exercises, balance exercises, and will be led by a physiotherapist. The exercises proposed to the group with ECOG 2 will be less intense and of less difficulty with the aim of adapting the activity to patients with a lower performance status (see appendix 4.5, V2, 07/10/2024). The groups will consist of a minimum of five patients and a maximum of ten. Patients will also be stimulated to perform physical activity at home to a total of 150 minutes per week. Patients will be assessed at baseline (T0), at the end of the intervention (T1,12 weeks) and 6 months after the start of the intervention (T2).

Conditions

• Neoplastic Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	exercise programme for group with ECOG 0-1	exercise programme for group with ECOG 2
PROCEDURE	exercise programme for ECOG 2 group	this intervention shall be proportionated to the ECOG status of the group

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-01
• Primary completion: 2025-07-01
• Completion: 2027-09-01
• First posted: 2025-02-13
• Last updated: 2025-02-13