head and neck cancer
Conditions
Interventions
The 10-week exercise intervention combines endurance and resistance training,
and starts between one week prior to and two week after the start of 7 weeks of
CRT and continues for 2-4 weeks after co
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: head neck cancer patients who are scheduled for chemoradiotherapy or bioradiotherapy (cetuximab and radiotherapy) 18 years of age sufficient Dutch writing and reading skills no contra indication for physical activity
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: na
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcome is feasibility of the exercise intervention. Adherence and compliance will be monitored throughout the programme in a CRF (physiotherapist) and an exercise log/fitness tracker (patient). Recruitment rate will be registered in study file. Retention rate and number of supervised sessions will be registered in study file. Patient satisfaction will be explored by semi-structured interviews focusing on the beliefs, thoughts, perceptions and engagement with the exercise intervention before (week 0) and after (week 12). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secundary study parameters include; health related Quality of life (questionnaires), physical fitness (6-minute walking test,hand grip strenght, 30 sec chair stand test), muscle strength (Microfet and hand grip strength), body composition (bio electric impedance analysis), energy expenditure (indirect calorimetry) and nutritional status (PG-SGA). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed