C00-C97 J44
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Palliative patients in the palliative care unit of the University Hospital Aachen are screened on admission and during the inpatient stay. If the patients meet the inclusion criteria, they ar
Sponsors
Uniklinik Aachen, Klinik für Palliativmedizin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ECOG status 1-3, approximately 2 weeks of residential therapy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ECOG>3, Pre-existing conditions that make participation impossible: - Uncontrolled or poorly controlled hypertension. - Acute cardiac events - Orthopedic limitation, making participation impossible - Sensory or cognitive impairments that preclude participation/consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The endpoints are feasibility and safety of the exercise therapy. Feasibility is defined by the number of eligible patients compared to those, participating in the study, within the recruitment period of 6 months. In addition, part of feasibility is whether the exercise sessions are possible to perform for the patients as well as which kind of physical exercise is possible to perform. Safety will be evaluated by recording complications related to exercise therapy. Endpoints will be reviewed both during the study and at the end of the study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life improvement, functional status improvement. Instruments: 1) Quality of life: SF12 2) functional status: daily fitness test of the DOSB 3) Daily pain, mental and physical fatigue self-report questionnaires. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactFrank;Inken Elsner;Schwonke
Uniklinik Aachen, Klinik für Palliativmedizin;Uniklinik Aachen, Klinik für Palliativmedizin, Doktorandin
Outcome results
None listed