Exercise in Testicular Germ Cell Cancer Survivors

NCT ID: NCT05063760

Last Updated: 2023-12-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-15

Study Completion Date

2024-06-30

Brief Summary

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Regular exercise is effective in prevention \& treatment of chronic diseases. Exercise can reduce late toxicity of chemotherapy, commonly found in cancer survivors, which is yet to be translated into clinical practice.

Mechanisms of exercise benefits in oncologic patients are far from being elucidated, and include increase in muscle mass, reduction of fat mass, systemic inflammation and cardiometabolic risk. Synchronization of exercise adaptive response is, to an extent, mediated by bioactive molecules released from muscle, with anti-inflammatory \& tumor-suppressing properties. Muscle satellite cells are a source of regeneration, muscle structural integrity \& functional capacity. Phenotypes of muscle cells, such as secretory profile, lipid \& glucose metabolism, mirror clinical phenotypes of the donor. Importantly, muscle cells' metabolism in vitro can be modulated by 8-12 week training in vivo. Epigenetic mechanisms regulating muscle \& systemic metabolism in cancer survivors are not yet understood.

Detailed Description

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Aims:

* To assess the impact of 6-month supervised, individualized aerobic-strength exercise training intervention in cancer survivors with chemotherapy-induced late toxicity . (i) on the whole-body energy and glucose metabolism, anthropometric parameters, physical fitness \& activity profile, motor functions and quality of life in testicular germ cell cancer (TGCC) survivors, more than 3 years after cisplatin-based chemotherapy; with the 2-year follow up; . (ii) on skeletal muscle mass, morphology as well as functional and metabolic state detected in vivo (31P-MR spectroscopy).

(iii) on metabolic characteristics of primary skeletal muscle cells;

* To determine the impact of exercise intervention on circulating bioactive molecules (exerkines), putative mediators of exercise health benefits as well as on levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines, which likely contribute to the pathogenesis of chemotherapy-induced late toxicity;
* To evaluate the role of (a) selected exercise-regulated bioactive molecules, (b) exercise-mimicking treatment (by electric pulse stimulation) and (c) cisplatin treatment on metabolism and mitochondrial function of differentiated human muscle cells in culture;
* To investigate the associations between intervention-induced shifts in circulating bioactive molecules and selected metabolic, anthropometric and motor parameters.

The generated results will enable us (i) to gain a better insight into pathomechanisms of muscle-associated chemotherapy-induced late toxicity and the role of skeletal muscle \& systemic mediators in the exercise-induced health benefits in TGCC survivors; and (ii) to validate the effectiveness of the individually-tailored exercise intervention in reducing chemotherapy-related toxicity in patients with TGCC, with the aim to transfer this knowledge into clinical practice.

Conditions

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Testicular Germ Cell Tumor

Keywords

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TGCT exercise intervention Magnetic resonance spectroscopy skeletal muscle chemotherapy-induced metabolic toxicity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

controled trial with exercise intervention
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors
lab technicians and statistician are blinded.

Study Groups

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TGCT patients - exercise

TGCT survivors, men, 25-55 yrs old, 3 and more years after successful treatment of TGCT, with the capacity to undergo aerobic-strength intervention assessed by cardiologist

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

aerobic-strength exercise intervention (6-months)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

6 month supervised exercise intervention in TGCT survivors (1 hour sessions 3 x per week),

TGCT patients - nonexercising controls

TGCT survivors, men, 25-55 yrs old, 3 and more years after successful treatment of TGCT, with the capacity to undergo aerobic-strength intervention assessed by cardiologist

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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aerobic-strength exercise intervention (6-months)

6 month supervised exercise intervention in TGCT survivors (1 hour sessions 3 x per week),

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* TGCT survivors, with chemotherapy-induced metabolic toxicity, men, 25-55 years old, with the capacity to undergo training, signed written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* serious / uncontrolled chronic diseases, non-compliance, other health issues as assessed by oncologists / investigators
Minimum Eligible Age

25 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Comenius University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Slovak Academy of Sciences

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jozef Ukropec

PhD, DSc

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Barbara Ukropcova, MD, PhD, Prof

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Acad Sci

Locations

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National Cancer Institute

Bratislava, Please Select, Slovakia

Site Status

Biomedical Research Center Slovak Academy of Sciences

Bratislava, Please Select, Slovakia

Site Status

Countries

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Slovakia

Other Identifiers

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SRDA19-0411

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2/0164/20

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id