Physical Activity and Functioning in Palliative Cancer Patients - a Clinical Randomised Trial

Phase 3 Physical Activity and Functioning in Palliative Cancer Patients - a Clinical Randomised Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00397774

Enrollment

231

Registered

2006-11-10

Start date

2006-10-31

Completion date

2009-06-30

Last updated

2015-03-31

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Conditions

Cancer

Keywords

Palliative care, Physical exercise, Physical function

Brief summary

The project consists of two studies where we want to throw light on the importance of physical activity/exercise to maintain physical function among cancer patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Study I is a randomised intervention study where we want to study the effect of adjusted physical exercise compared to usual care. In study II our main aim is to validate different subjective and objective methods to measure physical functioning

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPhysical exercise

Physical exercise twice a week for 8 weeks, and best supportive care

OTHERbest supportive care

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Palliative cancer patients, * life expectancy between 3 and 12 months, * Karnofsky status equally or above 60, * pain score equal or below 3 on numerical rating scale (0-10), * cognitive function intact

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Fatigue	immediately before and after the intervention

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Health related quality of life and physical functioning	immediately before and after the intervention

Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 28, 2026