POZIKIDS: Exercise and Comprehensive Care to Improve the Quality of Life of Children and Adolescents With Cancer

NCT ID: NCT06321016

Last Updated: 2024-08-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 45 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-11-15
• Study Completion Date: 2026-12-30

Brief Summary

Objective: To assess the feasibility of a supervised, controlled and personalised physical exercise programme and its potential efficacy in improving functional capacity and quality of life in children and adolescents with cancer.

Design: Hybrid quasi-experimental pilot trial, clinical and phase I implementation.

Methods: The learning collaborative approach based on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Breakthrough Series Collaborative Model will be followed through quarterly Plan-Do-Study-Act (P-D-S-A) cycles. Participants: For feasibility, at least, 45 patients will be included in 3 successive PDSA cycles of at least 15 patients each, aged 4-18 years diagnosed with any type of cancer. Variables: clinical and socio-demographic, body composition, physical condition and mobility, quality of life, physical activity and implementation. Intervention: Everyone will receive a physical exercise intervention combining strength and aerobic capacity work. Initially it will be carried out in the hospital setting, and later in streaming supervised by a professional. The intervention will be modelled through a formative evaluation process with the collaboration of all the agents involved, experimenting in each cycle with an increasingly adapted version of the exercise programme.

Statistical analysis: Recruitment rates will be calculated, characteristics associated with project participation and adherence to the exercise programme will be identified. Outcome variables will be compared before and after the intervention, identifying those with the greatest validity, reliability and sensitivity to change, which will then be used in phase II and III trials.

Conditions

Exercise; Childhood Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

Physical exercise program

At least two sessions a week for a 6-month supervised and individualized physical exercise program that will have two phases: one that will be carried out in person in the hospital environment taking advantage of medical visits, and a second phase that will allow the patient to carry out the exercise sessions from home with live virtual supervision.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Type of the physical exercise program

Two types of intervention are proposed depending on the age of the patients: Exercise intervention for adolescents (12 to 18 years): training will be based on strength training (2 - 3 sets of 8 - 12 repetitions) with elastic bands, weights, weights, medicine balls or body weight and aerobic work on a stationary bike, treadmill or other aerobic exercises. Sessions will last about 30-60 minutes (depending on the patient's situation). Exercise intervention for children (4 to 11 years old): The aim will be to work on basic motor skills through play, thus trying to avoid the delay in motor development, and to indirectly work on their physical condition to better cope with the effects of the treatments. Music, games that require movement and materials such as balls, hoops, etc., will be used to motivate the child to move while enjoying themselves. This will be done in sessions of 20 - 40 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients diagnosed with cancer and other neoplasms
• Age between 4 and 18 years at the time of inclusion in the study
• Patients diagnosed with cancer and other malignancies aged between 4 and 18 years who are experiencing relapse
• Paediatric patients requiring chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or oncological surgery
• Patients and parents or guardians who agree to participate in the study and sign the informed consent forms by current legislation depending on the patient's age.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with cognitive deficits that prevent participation in and performance of physical exercise interventions.
• Patients with severe neurological pathology with a motor impairment that prevents or significantly hinders the performance of physical exercise
• Patients and families or guardians with language comprehension difficulties that make it difficult or impossible to carry out the physical exercise intervention.
• Patients < 16 years with a functional status score according to Lanskyi scale <60%
• Patients > 16 years with Karnofsky scale <60%.
• Any other criteria that the physician deems inappropriate for participation in the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 4 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Nere Mendizabal

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nere Mendizabal

Nurse

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Marta Menchaca Torio

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Basque Health Service

Central Contacts

Nere Mendizabal

Role: CONTACT

nere.mendizabalgallastegui@osakidetza.eus

+34946006637

Other Identifiers

2023111039

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id