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

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Medizinische Klinik 1, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Erlangen, Bavaria / Franconia, Germany, 91054