Colon Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose is to assess the adherence and the efficiency of a home-based training program on muscular strength, endurance and the quality of life, fatigue, physical activity, anxiety and depression for colon cancer patient treated by chemotherapy.
Detailed description
It's a 9-weeks experimentation with 4 moments (every 3 weeks) to do the tests.
Interventions
PROCEDUREHome-based training program
A home-based training program of 8 exercises to do 5 times a week during 9 weeks
Sponsors
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Colon cancer patients treated by chemotherapy adjuvant
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who have metastasis * Patients hospitalized during the experimentation * Patients who have major orthopedic or neurologic problems
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Muscular strength measured by Microfet | 15 minutes |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatigue measured by questionnaire | 3 minutes |
| Physical activity measured by questionnaire | 3 minutes |
| Quality of life measured by questionnaire | 3 minutes |
| Exercise tolerance measured by Six minute walking test | 6 minutes |
| Depression measured by questionnaire | 3 minutes |
| Anxiety measured by questionnaire | 3 minutes |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed