Status:

RECRUITING

Exercise Prehabilitation in Patients With Head and Neck Squamous-cell Carcinoma: The FIT4TREAT Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Associacao de Investigacao de Cuidados de Suporte em Oncologia

Collaborating Sponsors:

Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development

University Institute of Maia

Conditions:

Head and Neck Neoplasms

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this randomized-controlled trial is to evaluate the effects of prehabilitation based on exercise training (ET) on functional capacity in HNC patients treated with chemoradiotherapy...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥18 years old;
  • Histologically confirmed HNSCC located on the oral cavity, larynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx, nasopharynx or in lymph nodes from an unknown primary tumor (stage I-IV);
  • Proposed for concomitant chemoradiotherapy with curative intent;
  • Date of treatment beginning ≥2 weeks from baseline assessment;
  • ECOG-Performance Status 0-1.

Exclusion

  • Completion of previous anticancer treatment within less than a year;
  • Uncontrolled hypertension, cardiac or pulmonary disease;
  • Contraindications to exercise training;
  • Inability to provide informed consent;
  • Expected inability to fulfil the proposed schedule.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 31 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

46 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05418842

Start Date

June 1 2021

End Date

July 31 2025

Last Update

August 5 2024

Active Locations (5)

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University of Maia

Maia, Porto District, Portugal, 4475-690

2

Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho

Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Portugal, 4434-502

3

Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto (IPO-Porto)

Porto, Região, Portugal

4

University of Aveiro

Aveiro, Portugal, 3810-193