Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of WB-EMS and Dietetic Treatment on Cancer Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Conditions:
Cancer
Cancer Cachexia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the effects of a 12-week whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) training combined with individualized nutritional support on body composition, muscle strength and function and ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- malignant disease (solid or hematological cancer): head and neck cancer, colorectal carcinoma, small intestinal cancer, gastric cancer, oesophageal cancer, pancreas carcinoma, liver cell carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma,lung cancer, breast cancer, cervix cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, patients with leukaemia and malignant lymphomas or Graft-versus-Host-Disease after bone marrow transplantation
- ongoing or planned curative or palliative anti-cancer therapy
Exclusion
- simultaneous participation in other nutritional or exercise intervention trials
- acute cardiovascular events
- use of anabolic medications
- epilepsy
- severe neurological diseases
- skin lesions in the area of electrodes
- energy active metals in body
- pregnancy
- acute vein thrombosis
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
278 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02293239
Start Date
August 1 2013
End Date
August 1 2018
Last Update
October 16 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Medizinische Klinik 1, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen, Bavaria / Franconia, Germany, 91054