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Can cachectic cancer patients manage intense resistance training?

Can cachectic cancer patients manage intense resistance training? - CARAT-Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00023216
Enrollment
60
Registered
2020-10-08
Start date
2020-10-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

C25 C34

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group (ECC): Supervised combined high intense strength- and aerobic exercise (Intense hypertrophic strength training with eccentric overload [70-80% 1RM + 30% 1RM 'ontop' eccent
8-12reps, 2sets] + moderate aerobic exercise [65-70% maxW, 20min])
2x/week, 24weeks Group 2: Usual Care (UC), recommandation to regular physical activity, strength- and aerobic exericse, but no supvervised exercise guided by the study.

Sponsors

Uniklinik Köln, Centrum für Integrierte Onkologie, Klinik I für Innere Medizin
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Pancreatic OR lung cancer +cachexia [>5% body weight loss in <6months] + active systemic cancer treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ECOG>2 Diseases impaireing exercise capability, such as: - heart insufficiency [NYHA III-IV] - Resperatory insuffiency [partial/global] - permanent trompopenia CTC IV° - coagulation disorders - symptomatic coronary heart disease [stress ECG necessary] - Heavy art. hypertension - COPD in stage IV after GOLD - Uncontrolled epilepsy - Uncontrolled cerebral metastases Medical or mental limitations that, in the investigator's judgment, prohibit participation in the trial or limit the ability to consent Other participation in a exercise study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Feasibility (Recruitment, Dropouts, Adverse Events, Compliance)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Body composition (BIA), body weight, cachexia progress, cardiopulmonary exercise performance [spiroergometry], strength performance [1RM leg press, 1RM hand grip, 1min sit-to-stand test], ECOG, blood parameter [Albumin, creatinin, CRP, erytrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes, Creatinkinase]; patient-related outcomes via questionnaires: quality of life [EORTC-C30]; Fatigue [MFI20], physical acitivity [BSA]; Depression & anxiety [HADS]; cachexia [FAACT].

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactTimo Niels

Uniklinik Köln, Centrum für Integrierte Onkologie, Klinik I für Innere Medizin

timo.niels@uk-koeln.de0221 478 97185

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026