Status:

WITHDRAWN

Combined Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Nutritional Support for Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients.

Lead Sponsor:

GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group

Conditions:

Cancer Digestive

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Dig' Electrostim-01 is phase II, single center (step 1) and multicentre (step 2), single-arm study to evaluate an 8-week NMES intervention combined with nutritional support in addition to usual patien...

Detailed Description

Sarcopenia and cachexia are observed in more than 50% of patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. Both negatively affect patient survival and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) due to decrease...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Signed and dated informed consent,
  • Age ≥ 18 years,
  • Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and geriatric 8 (G8) health status screening tools for patients ≥ 70 years and oncogeriatric evaluation if G8 ≤ 14,
  • First-line chemotherapy for advanced disease,
  • Histologically confirmed colorectal, pancreatic, esophageal, or gastric cancer (adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma),
  • Metastatic disease not amenable to surgery, radiation, or combined modality therapy with curative intent (previous resection of primary tumor allowed),
  • Patients able to receive chemotherapy,
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 2,
  • Life expectancy ≥ 3 months,
  • Registration in a National Health Care System (Protection Universelle Maladie \[PUMa\] included).

Exclusion

  • Neuroendocrine histology or primary tumor other than esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, biliary, or colorectal cancer,
  • Any medical (including psychiatric, musculoskeletal, or neurological) condition contra-indicating exercise practice,
  • Ulcerative skin lesions over the quadriceps muscle,
  • Participation to another physical activity program (exercise or NMES),
  • Pacemaker-depended patients,
  • Albuminemia \< 25 g/L,
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding,
  • Protected adults (individuals under guardianship by court order or tutelage). Note: participation to another concomitant clinical trial (except for trials evaluating exercise or NMES programs) is allowed, but the patient must inform about it and get an authorization from the Investigator.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04906954

Start Date

September 1 2023

End Date

December 1 2024

Last Update

July 3 2025

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Insitut Curie

Saint-Cloud, France

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