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Stem Cell TransplantationNCT03448471

Severe Fatigue in Stem Cell Transplantation

An observational study of Stem Cell Transplantation and Fatigue, run by Gazi University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Fatigue is a common symptom during allogeneic-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). However, effects of severe fatigue on pulmonary functions, blood cells, dyspnea, muscle strength, exercise capacity, depression and quality of life (QOL) in allo-HSCT recipients are still unknown. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Stem Cell Transplantation, Fatigue
How many people
49 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
Mar 2012to Dec 2017
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Forty-nine allogeneic-HSCT recipients who were at minimum 100 days status post-transplantation, between ages of 18 and 65, under standard medical treatment, transplanted at Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit of University Faculty of Medicine were included. Twenty four severe-fatigued (Fatigue Severity Scale score ≥36) and 25 non-severe-fatigued recipients were compared.Study was approved by local Ethics Committee and informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in study.

Who may be able to join

  • being an hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipient during the intermediate/late post-transplant phase (>100 days),
  • 18-65 years of age
  • under standard medications.

Who cannot join

  • having a cognitive disorder,
  • orthopedic or neurological disease with a potential to affect functional capacity,
  • comorbidities such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute infections or pneumonia,
  • problems which may prevent training such as visual problems and mucositis
  • having metastasis to any region (bone etc.)
  • having acute hemorrhage in the intracranial and / or lung and other areas
  • having any contraindication to exercise training

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site

  • Gazi University Faculty of Health Science Department of PhysioTherapy

    Ankara, 06010

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: Pulmonary and Extra-pulmonary Characteristics in Severe-fatigued Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients

Fatigue is a common symptom during allogeneic-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). However, effects of severe fatigue on pulmonary functions, blood cells, dyspnea, muscle strength, exercise capacity, depression and quality of life (QOL) in allo-HSCT recipients are still unknown.

Read the detailed description

Fatigue is the most complained side effect that may last for months or even years after treatment ends in patients with cancer. Cancer-related fatigue is described as 'a distressing, persistent, subjective sense of physical, emotional and/or cognitive tiredness or exhaustion related to cancer or cancer treatment that is not proportional to recent activity and interferes with usual functioning'. The cancer-related fatigue observed in 80% of cancer patients received chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, yet underlying mechanism of cancer-related fatigue is not still clearly explained.

Hematological malignancy itself and its treatments including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, medical treatment and/or allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation cause lots of early and late adverse effects such as appetite loss, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain, cardiopulmonary and neuromuscular deconditioning, impairments in mobility, muscle weakness and increased risk of fall.

Hematopoietic stem cells collected from bone marrow, peripheral blood or umbilical cord blood of healthy donors are infused into allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allogeneic-HSCT) recipients with hematological malignancy. Allogeneic-HSCT is highly associated with transplant-related mortality, morbidity, graft-versus host disease and another various complications. Because of the above-mentioned risks, recipients and their caregivers are required to remain close to transplant center in the acute phase of transplantation, approximately 100 days. As a consequence, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has a negative impact on quality of life in recipients and their caregivers who report fatigue, sleep and sexual problems and emotional distress. Especially fatigue is a destructive symptom for recipients, exists before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and further deteriorates during the first three weeks after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Moreover baseline fatigue severity continues until one year after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Although fatigue has been one of the most intensely experienced symptoms by allogeneic-HSCT recipients, no study has compared pulmonary functions, albumin-hemoglobin-white blood cell levels, dyspnea, respiratory and peripheral muscle strength, submaximal exercise capacity, depression and quality of life between severe-fatigued and non-severe-fatigued allogeneic-HSCT recipients, yet. Therefore investigators aimed to compare the effects of severe fatigue on aforementioned outcomes in recipients.

Keywords
stem cell transplantation, Fatigue, muscle strength, exercise capacity, Depression, Quality of Life
Medical subject headings
Fatigue, Depression

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT03448471
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group 1: severe-fatigued recipientsThese recipients had Fatigue Severity Scale score ≥36. All recipients evaluated with similar methods. Meaurements were Pulmonary function tests, Respiratory muscle strength, Peripheral muscle strength, Functional exercise capacity, Dyspnea, Fatigue, Depression and Quality of life.
Group 2: non-severe-fatigued recipientsThese recipients had Fatigue Severity Scale score <36. All recipients evaluated with similar methods. Meaurements were Pulmonary function tests, Respiratory muscle strength, Peripheral muscle strength, Functional exercise capacity, Dyspnea, Fatigue, Depression and Quality of life.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Peripheral muscle strength

    Evaluated with a hand-held dynamometer

    Measured: First day

Secondary outcomes (7)

  1. 6-minute walking test

    Evaluated for specifing to functional exercise capacity

    Measured: First day

  2. Respiratory muscle strength

    Evaluated with a mouth pressure device

    Measured: First day

  3. Pulmonary function test

    Evaluated with a spirometer

    Measured: First day

  4. Fatigue Severity Scale

    Fatigue severity was measured using Turkish version of Fatigue Severity Scale. Self-administered questionnaire is consisting of nine questions. An average score is determined on a seven-point scale. Patients mark a number from 1 to 7 for each 9 question which indicates from strong disagreement to strong agreement, respectively. The scale is used in cancer patients.

    Measured: First day

  5. Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea scale (MMRC)

    Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea scale was used to evaluate severity of dyspnea during daily living activities. Dyspnea is graded from zero (absence of dyspnea during strenuous exercise) to four (presence of dyspnea during all daily living activities).

    Measured: First day

  6. Beck Depression Inventory-II (Turkish version)

    Used for measurement of depression levels

    Measured: First day

  7. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QOL Questionnaire (EORTCQOL)

    Quality of life was measured using Turkish version of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 version 3.0 (EORTCQLQ) which is widely used as health related quality of life questionnaire in cancer patients. The cancer-specific questionnaire has 30 questions and incorporates five functional scales, three symptom scales, a global health status and several single items. All item scores are transformed to 0-100. Higher values indicate higher functional/healthy level in functional scales, a higher quality of life level in global health status and increased symptoms in symptom scales.

    Measured: First day

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Feb 2018
  2. Study startMar 2012
  3. Primary completionAug 2017
  4. Study completionDec 2017

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
49 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03448471
Sponsor's protocol ID
GaziUniversity4
Status last verified
Mar 2018
First submitted
22 Feb 2018
Last updated
12 Mar 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: There is not a plan to make individual participant data but when the statistical analyses of all data are made, all results will be shared.

Publications

  • Paul KL. Rehabilitation and exercise considerations in hematologic malignancies. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 May;90(5 Suppl 1):S88-94. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31820be055.

    PubMed 21765268

  • Soutar RL, King DJ. Bone marrow transplantation. BMJ. 1995 Jan 7;310(6971):31-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6971.31. No abstract available.

    PubMed 7827553

  • Papadopoulos EB, Jakubowski AA. Novel approaches in allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Curr Oncol Rep. 2006 Sep;8(5):325-36. doi: 10.1007/s11912-006-0054-0.

    PubMed 16901394

  • Wulff-Burchfield EM, Jagasia M, Savani BN. Long-term follow-up of informal caregivers after allo-SCT: a systematic review. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2013 Apr;48(4):469-73. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2012.123. Epub 2012 Jun 25.

    PubMed 22732697

  • Polomeni A, Lapusan S, Bompoint C, Rubio MT, Mohty M. The impact of allogeneic-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on patients' and close relatives' quality of life and relationships. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2016 Apr;21:248-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2015.10.011. Epub 2015 Nov 18.

    PubMed 26602410

  • Frodin U, Lotfi K, Fomichov V, Juliusson G, Borjeson S. Frequent and long-term follow-up of health-related quality of life following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2015 Nov;24(6):898-910. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12350. Epub 2015 Jul 7.

    PubMed 26156141

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Stem Cell Transplantation and Fatigue, run by Gazi University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Mar 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Peripheral muscle strength (time frame: First day). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03448471, which also lists 6 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Mar 2018; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 27 Oct 2026.

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