Status:

TERMINATED

Studying Changes in Physical Function Measures in Stem Cell Transplant Patients at Risk for Steroid Myopathy

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Acute Graft Versus Host Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This trial investigates the changes in physical and functional tests over time in patients with suspected acute graft versus host disease (from a hematologic stem cell transplant) who started treatmen...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To perform a pilot study to estimate the change in six physical and functional tests over time in patients with suspected acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) who have been in...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants are willing and able to give written informed consent and to comply with all of the study visits and procedures
  • Age \>= 55 years, or with a Sorror co-morbidity index of \>= 3
  • Post allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using bone marrow, peripheral blood or cord blood; or after pre planned donor lymphocyte infusion
  • Presumptive diagnosis of acute GVHD necessitating high-dose corticosteroid treatment (with an approximate starting dose of methylprednisolone equivalent of 2 mg/kg/day)
  • Within 5 days of receiving corticosteroid treatment
  • ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 or equivalent Karnofsky score of 60 or higher
  • The patient is referred to the study by their stem cell transplant attending physician

Exclusion

  • Non-English speaking
  • Underlying unstable cardiac or pulmonary disease in the opinion of the investigator that limits participant involvement in exercise
  • Has a pre-transplant echocardiogram with ejection fraction \< 45%
  • Requires supplemental oxygen to maintain oxygen (O2) saturation \> 92%
  • Musculoskeletal injury that precludes participation in an exercise program
  • Inability to participate in a structured exercise program
  • Patients for whom the physician feels is unsafe for an exercise program
  • Platelets equal to or less than 10,000 or evidence of active bleeding
  • Patients who are unable to understand or follow through with the exercise program

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 18 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

24 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04521777

Start Date

October 1 2015

End Date

March 18 2021

Last Update

April 20 2021

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M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030