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CancerColCanterNCT04136249

Improvement of Neuromuscular Function, Fatigue and Quality of Life by Optimizing Muscle Building and Nutrition in Colorectal Cancer: a Pilot Study

A study testing Over physical activity in people with Cancer and Cachexia; Cancer, run by GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche at 1 site in France.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This study is based on the assumption that muscle strength and muscle mass will be better preserved in an "intervention" group with specific management combining retraining and nutritional monitoring compared to the "no intervention" group and that this will be positive consequences for fatigue and quality of life. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Cancer, Cachexia; Cancer
What is being tested?
Over physical activity
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
2 Nov 2019to 30 Apr 2022
Phase
Interventional
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient, male or female, over 18 years old
  • Patient operated on for a first colorectal cancer (adenocarcinoma) and requiring adjuvant chemotherapy
  • Patient with the consent of a physician to participate in the innovative muscle building program
  • Patient able to go at least once a week for 12 weeks to the Private Hospital of the Loire in Saint-Etienne (the other 2 weekly sessions that can take place in the patient's home)
  • Patient affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme
  • Patient having signed the free and informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Comorbidities potentially affecting participation or test results (unstable, neuromuscular, musculoskeletal or vascular diseases affecting the lower limbs, such as radiculopathy, myopathy or neuropathy)
  • Technical necessity to convert laparoscopy into laparostomy
  • Patient unable to follow verbal instructions that could affect test and / or exercise procedures
  • Patient participating in another clinical study
  • Protected patient: major under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
  • Pregnant, lactating or parturient woman
  • Patient hospitalized without consent.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Hôpital Privé de la Loire 39

    Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc, Pays de la Loire Region, 42100

    Jean-François OUDET, 0683346567 ext. 0683346567

    Marie Barba, +330664888704 ext. +330664888704, mh.barba@ecten.eu

    Recruiting

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About this study

This study is based on the assumption that muscle strength and muscle mass will be better preserved in an "intervention" group with specific management combining retraining and nutritional monitoring compared to the "no intervention" group and that this will be positive consequences for fatigue and quality of life. In addition, this project is also based on the assumption that these gains will be at least partially preserved 3 months after the end of specific care.

Read the detailed description

Cancer patients have a significant risk of losing muscle mass, mainly related to cachexia, as a result of metabolic changes associated with the tumor process and treatments. However, it is reinforced by the sedentary lifestyle that results from fatigue felt by patients. This loss of muscle mass causes in patients with general weakness and a loss of maximum strength. However, it has recently been shown that muscle weakness is not only a consequence of muscle atrophy, but also the result of contractile dysfunction, which reduces fatigue resistance to exercise. Cancer cachexia can also be directly associated with high levels of subjective cancer-related fatigue.

While it has been reported that resistance exercise programs can mitigate the deleterious effects of the disease and / or treatment, the results are likely to be partly debated because these programs are not optimized.

This study proposes to use eccentric contraction and electromyostimulation because there is evidence that the effects of these methods used in combination may be greater in developing strength and muscle mass.

In addition to muscle building, nutritional monitoring is a key element of recovery. For example, it has been shown that a preoperative exercise and nutritional support program has the potential to reduce sarcopenia and improve postoperative outcomes in elderly sarcopenic patients with gastric cancer.

Ultimately, this study is based on the assumption that muscle strength and muscle mass will be better preserved in an "intervention" group with specific management combining retraining and nutritional monitoring compared to the "no intervention" group and that this will be positive consequences for fatigue and quality of life. In addition, this project is also based on the assumption that these gains will be at least partially preserved 3 months after the end of specific care.

Being tested
Over physical activity
Keywords
cancer, cachexia, nutrition, physical exercice
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms, Cachexia

What participants receive

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

  • Over physical activityDietary supplement

    105/5000 resistance training combined with nutritional monitoring on maximum strength of knee extensors

Study groups in NCT04136249
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Control chimiotherapeutic armNo interventionStandard care as comparaison procedure that includes chemotherapy
Physical over-activityExperimentalThe procedure under study which includes a re-training mixing EMS and EXC with a nutrition adapted to the needs related to the physical over-activity following the chemotherapy
Receives: Dietary Supplement: Over physical activity

What is being measured

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

  1. Isometric force

    This objective will be evaluated using an isometric ergometer and the force will be expressed in Newtons. This parameter will be analyzed using a mixed linear model adjusted to the group and clinically relevant factors.

    Measured: 3 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted23 Oct 2019
  2. Study start2 Nov 2019
  3. Primary completion30 Nov 2021 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Apr 2022 (estimated)

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More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
30 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04136249
Sponsor's protocol ID
2019-A00504-53
Acronym
ColCanter
Status last verified
Oct 2019
First submitted
21 Oct 2019
Last updated
10 Mar 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Over physical activity in people with Cancer and Cachexia; Cancer, run by GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche at 1 site in France.

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 6 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Mar 2020. 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 France. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Jean-François OUDET (0683346567 ext. 0683346567), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Isometric force (time frame: 3 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 10 Mar 2020.

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