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Effect of APA on Sleep Quality in Children With Cancer From 5 to 16 Years

Effect of Practicing Adapted Physical Activity (APA) on Sleep Quality in Children From 5 Years of Age and Adolescents up to 16 Years of Age Undergoing Treatment for a Hematologic Malignancy.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06455592
Acronym
APANYX
Enrollment
30
Registered
2024-06-12
Start date
2025-11-17
Completion date
2027-11-30
Last updated
2025-12-05

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

Conditions

Adapted Physical Activity, Blood Cancer, Child, Only, Sleep

Keywords

child, blood cancer, adapted physical activity, sleep, hospital and home

Brief summary

Main objective : Evaluate the effect of adapted physical activity on the sleep of children with cancer from 5 to 16 Hypothesis : Practice daily adapted physical activity improve the sleep of the 5 to 16 children with cancer

Detailed description

Medical process are leading to an increase in the survival of children/adolescents undergoing treatment for blood cancer. Caregivers need to focus on optimizing these patients' quality of life during and after the disease. Sleep is essential to their development. Sleep disorders are symptoms reported by patients. They have a negative impact on their quality of life. Adapted physical activity sessions are offered in pediatric oncology departments, but sedentary behavior persists. The hypothesis is that the daily practice of adapted physical activity will improve sleep in patients treated for blood cancer. This is a randomized, cross-over, open-label, two-armed parallel, unique center therapeutic trial comparing the effect of practice adapted physical activity only once during four days (conventional strategy) versus practice adapted physical activity each day during four days (experimental strategy) on the sleep of the children with blood cancer from 5 to 16 at the hospital in Clermont-Ferrand and at home. The study will last four weeks with a wash-out week after 2 weeks. The outcomes are described later. The nurse informs and obtains the consent of the child and his parents. After statistical analysis of these two arms, it will be possible to determine the value of practice daily adapted physical activity on the sleep of children with blood cancer from 5 to 16 at the hospital and at home.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALpractice adapted physical activity

practice daily adapted physical activity during 4 days

OTHERcontrol arm

practice once adapted physical activity during 4 days

Sponsors

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

experimental, randomized, cross-over, single-center therapeutic trial, controlled

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Children from 5 to 16 with haematological cancer undergoing treatment * Subjects and their parents who were informed about the study and gave informed consent. * Enrollment in the Social Security system

Exclusion criteria

* Children on high-dose corticosteroids * Children under anxiolytic treatment * Children with sleep disorders (sleep apnea) * Children taking melatonin or sleeping pills * Contraindication to adapted physical activity * Refusal to participate on the part of the participant or his/her parents * Holders of parental authority under curatorship, guardianship, safeguard of justice * Pregnant or breast-feeding teenagers

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Quality of sleepthe morning and the evening, from the morning of the first day to the morning of the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 daysdaily calendar with information about child's sleep complete by parents

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
rate of daily human physical activity in met/dayfrom the morning of the first day to the morning of the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 dayswear a wearable device allday and night long
children quality of lifethe morning the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 daysparent-completed questionnaire
chair stand-up testthe morning of the first day and the morning of the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 daysmaximum sit-up and stand-up from a chair during one minute
Number of sleep's hour and night awakeningsEach night from the bedtime to the wake up time, from the bedtime of the first day to the wake up time of the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 dayswear a sleep recorder during the night
children's pain self evaluationat 8am and 6pm from the first day to the third day and only at 8am the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 daysself evaluation of children's pain with the visial analog scale in vertical position quote from 0 to 10, 10=worst score
fatigue statusat 10am, 2pm and 6pm from the first day to the third day and only at 10am the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 daysparent-completed questionnaire
inflammation markersthe morning, from the first and the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 daysC reactive protein and IL6 from daily blood test
vigilance status descriptionat 10am, 2pm and 6pm from the first day to the third day and only at 10am the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 daysparent-completed questionnaire

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactLise Laclautre
promo_interne_drci@chu-clermontferrand.fr334.73.754.963

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026