Adherence to a Personalized Home Exercise Program in Patients With Bone Tumor Undergoing Lower Extremity Salvage Surgery
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Osteosarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Bone Tumor. Basic parameters: 12 years — 90 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Italy
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Treatment Adherence to a Personalized Home Exercise Program in Patients With Bone Cancer Undergoing Lower Extremity Resection and Reconstruction
Overview
The objective of this study is to describe adherence to a personalised home exercise program in patients undergoing resection and reconstruction of lower limb for bone tumor and neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment in the first six months after surgery intervention and investigate possible prognostic factors.
Detailed description
In cancer patients undergoing adjuvant therapies, rehabilitation plays an important role in reducing the side effects of chemotherapy treatment by promoting cardiorespiratory function, reducing fatigue and improving quality of life. Physiotherapy treatment, generally, includes physical training programs administered in many ways, not yet well standardized. With the aim of seeking an empowerment of the patient and his active participation, more and more exercise programs are used that the patient is able to manage independently. Adherence to and compliance with such exercise programs is extremely variable in literature and can range from 52% to 89%. A high level of adhesion is a well-known challenge and a fundamental prerequisite for achieving the benefits of physical activity. Home exercise programs to be performed in complete autonomy have been proposed in patients with different types of cancer, while for patients with bone tumor, to date there are no experiences. In this group of patients the role of physiotherapy is significant not only to counteract the adverse effects of chemotherapy treatment but also to promote the recovery of patients following the important resection and reconstruction interventions. In this type of patient, a high adherence to the physiotherapy treatment started already during the periods of hospitalization for the administration of antiblastic treatment.
Data will be collected from all patients treated consecutively over two years according to the defined inclusion criteria. Given the rarity of oncologic pathology of the musculoskeletal system and the limited number of patients of 27 found to meet the inclusion criteria in the year 2021, it is assumed that data will be collected from a sample of 50 patients.
The variables collected will be: age, sex, BMI, smoking, physical activity level, diagnosis, metastasis at diagnosis, type of surgery, chemotherapy treatment.
Data will be described by mean and standard deviation or median and interquartile range values according to the nature of the data and frequency and percentage for dichotomous variables
The objective of this study is to describe adherence to a personalised home exercise program in patients undergoing resection and reconstruction of lower limb for bone tumor and neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment in the first six months after surgery intervention and investigate possible prognostic factors.
Primary outcome measures
- adherence to the rehabilitation program [Time frame: everyday from baseline at 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- TESS [Time frame: at 3 months and at 6 months]
- TUG [Time frame: at 3 months and at 6 months]
- patient satisfaction [Time frame: at 3 months and at 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- patients aged 12 years with bone tumor undergoing surgery (resection and reconstruction of the lower limb) and in adjuvant treatment
- patients under physiotherapy treatment
Exclusion criteria
- patients with difficulties in understanding the Italian language
- patients not using digital services
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Italy · 1 center
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli — Bologna
Publications
- Cramp F, Byron-Daniel J. Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Nov 14;11(11):CD006145. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub3. PMID 23152233
- van Weert E, Hoekstra-Weebers JE, May AM, Korstjens I, Ros WJ, van der Schans CP. The development of an evidence-based physical self-management rehabilitation programme for cancer survivors. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 May;71(2):169-90. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.11.027. Epub 2008 Feb 5. PMID 18255249
- Mishra SI, Scherer RW, Snyder C, Geigle PM, Berlanstein DR, Topaloglu O. Exercise interventions on health-related quality of life for people with cancer during active treatment. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD008465. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008465.pub2. PMID 22895974
- Jones LW, Liang Y, Pituskin EN, Battaglini CL, Scott JM, Hornsby WE, Haykowsky M. Effect of exercise training on peak oxygen consumption in patients with cancer: a meta-analysis. Oncologist. 2011;16(1):112-20. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0197. Epub 2011 Jan 6. PMID 21212429
- Bodenheimer T, Lorig K, Holman H, Grumbach K. Patient self-management of chronic disease in primary care. JAMA. 2002 Nov 20;288(19):2469-75. doi: 10.1001/jama.288.19.2469. PMID 12435261
- Mock V, Dow KH, Meares CJ, Grimm PM, Dienemann JA, Haisfield-Wolfe ME, Quitasol W, Mitchell S, Chakravarthy A, Gage I. Effects of exercise on fatigue, physical functioning, and emotional distress during radiation therapy for breast cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum. 1997 Jul;24(6):991-1000. PMID 9243585
- Schwartz AL. Daily fatigue patterns and effect of exercise in women with breast cancer. Cancer Pract. 2000 Jan-Feb;8(1):16-24. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2000.81003.x. PMID 10732535
- Schwartz AL. Exercise and weight gain in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Cancer Pract. 2000 Sep-Oct;8(5):231-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2000.85007.x. PMID 11898235
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05779670 · 5001