Fatigue
Conditions
Keywords
Fatigue, Quality of life, Lifestyle, Complementary medicine
Brief summary
This study is aimed to study the impact of wheatgrass juice and lifestyle recommendations (diet, physical activity and breathing exercises) on the well being, fatigue and hematological parameters of chemotherapy-naive patients with no evidence for symptoms of active oncological disease.The researchers hypothesize that both wheatgrass juice and lifestyle recommendations can improve patient's well-being during chemotherapy.
Detailed description
Chemotherapy-naive patients will be offered to participate in a two arms study. Following consent, patients will be randomized to one of two arms. Patients in both arms will be provided by booklet and audio-cassette that specify lifestyle recommendations (diet, physical activity and breathing exercises). Patients in one of the study arms will be provided in addition with frozen wheatgrass juice (recommended daily dosage of 55-110 CC daily). Patients in both arms will be asked to fill in a daily patient's diary monitoring the practice of the lifestyle recommendations. Baseline assessment will include the following questionnaires: ESAS, MYCAW, FACIT- Fatigue. Evaluation will include weekly ESAS and FACIT-Fatigue questionnaire and subsequent evaluation (including ESAS, MYCAW, FACIT- Fatigue questionnaires) following 3 and 4 chemotherapy cycles of treatment. Follow-up evaluation will be performed at the completion of chemotherapy.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTWheatgrass juice
110 CC daily od frozen wheatgrass juice in the intervention arm
Sponsors
Carmel Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 95 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Clinical diagnosis of cancer with no sign of active disease * First-time treatment with chemotherapy
Exclusion criteria
* Treatment with per os administration of chemotherapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessing impact of wheatgrass juice and lifestyle recommendations on cancer patients' quality of life | 4 months | Assessing impact of wheatgrass juice and lifestyle recommendations on cancer patients' quality of life(including fatigue)during chemotherapy |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessing compliance of patients to lifestyle recommendations during chemotherapy | 4 months | Assessing compliance of patients to lifestyle recommendations (diet, physical activity and breathing exercises) during chemotherapy |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed