Effectiveness of an individualized program of muscular strength and endurance with aerobic training for improving germ cell cancer-related fatigue in men undergoing chemotherapy: EFICATEST study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Patients with testicular germ cell cancer (GCC) have a high cure rate; however, cancer-related fatigue is the most common complication among patients with GCC undergoing treatment with chemotherapy. Although exercise is widely recommended, information about the physio-pathological effect...

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Publicado en:Trials Vol. 17; pp. 1 - 6
Autores principales: Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio Ignacio, Carabantes, Francisco, Caracuel, Zaira, Conejo, Inmaculada, Alba, Emilio
Formato: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: BioMed Central 1/5/2016
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        atl: Effectiveness of an individualized program of muscular strength and endurance with aerobic training for improving germ cell cancer-related fatigue in men undergoing chemotherapy: EFICATEST study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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          Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio Ignacio
          Carabantes, Francisco
          Caracuel, Zaira
          Conejo, Inmaculada
          Alba, Emilio
        affil: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Instituto de Investigacion de Biomedicina de Malaga (IBIMA), Universidad de Malaga, Málaga, Spain
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          Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Drug Therapy
          Protocols
          Muscle Strength
          Fatigue Therapy
          Testicular Neoplasms Drug Therapy
          Physical Endurance
          Adult
          Biochemistry
          Middle Age
          Adolescence
          Testicular Neoplasms Physiopathology
          Data Analysis, Statistical
          Male
          Exercise
          Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Physiopathology
          Validation Studies
          Comparative Studies
          Evaluation Research
          Multicenter Studies
          Human
          Randomized Controlled Trials
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
      ab: Background: Patients with testicular germ cell cancer (GCC) have a high cure rate; however, cancer-related fatigue is the most common complication among patients with GCC undergoing treatment with chemotherapy. Although exercise is widely recommended, information about the physio-pathological effects of cancer therapy on skeletal muscle is very limited. Our aim is to evaluate the effects of an individualized program of muscular strength and endurance with aerobic training on cancer-related fatigue.Methods/design: The present study is a randomized controlled trial comparing an individualized program of muscular strength and endurance with aerobic training compared to a control group. We will conduct this trial in patients undergoing chemotherapy, recruited by the Department of Oncology of Virgen de la Victoria Hospital (Málaga). Patients will be included and evaluated before the first cycle of chemotherapy and assigned randomly to the experimental or control group. Cancer-related fatigue, physical condition and biological samples will be measured at the beginning and at the end of an 8-week intervention by the same evaluator, who will be unaware of the allocation of participants to each group. Furthermore, there will be monitoring for 6 months (24 weeks) after training for all outcome variables.Discussion: This study hopes to offer patients with GCC an individualized exercise program with aerobic training for cancer-related fatigue. Such a scheme, if beneficial, could be implemented successfully within public health.Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02433197 . Date of registration: 13 April 2015.
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    language: English
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