How Easy-to-Follow Exercises Can Help Cancer Patients With Anxiety While Receiving Chemotherapy

NCT ID: NCT06943638

Last Updated: 2025-08-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 45 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-12-02
• Study Completion Date: 2025-03-24

Brief Summary

Cancer is one of the main causes of death, and this study looks at how light exercise and stretching might reduce anxiety in patients receiving chemotherapy. The research took place in a hospital's daily care unit and used a study design where each patient was compared to themselves, measuring anxiety before and after the exercise program.

Conditions

Cancer; Exercise; Stress

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Mild exercise and stretching

They received individualized workout and stretching programme to relieve some of the stress

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mild Exercise and stretches

Intervention Type: OTHER

For 15 minutes the patient received an individualized mild workout program intending to relax and relieve some of his stress. The workout includes deep breaths, easy-to-do exercises, and stretches from lying on the bed, sitting in a chair, or standing. I always followed the patient's tempo and provided him with as many breaks as he needed.

Interventions

Mild Exercise and stretches

For 15 minutes the patient received an individualized mild workout program intending to relax and relieve some of his stress. The workout includes deep breaths, easy-to-do exercises, and stretches from lying on the bed, sitting in a chair, or standing. I always followed the patient's tempo and provided him with as many breaks as he needed.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult patients (>18 years old) with cancer receiving chemotherapy
• Signed patient consent

Exclusion Criteria

• The denial of the patient
• The occurrence of side effects from the treatment (such as dizziness, nausea, severe fatigue)
• Patients with low cognitive level where they could not follow simple instructions
• Patients with hearing disorders that prevented them from following simple instructions
• Patients who could not mobilize independently.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Christine Mavrogiannopoulou

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Christine Mavrogiannopoulou

Clinical Researcher

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

General Oncological Hospital of Kifisia Oi Agioi Anargyroi

Athens, Kifissia, Greece

Countries

Greece

References

Furmaniak AC, Menig M, Markes MH. Exercise for women receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Sep 21;9(9):CD005001. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005001.pub3.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 27650122 (View on PubMed)

Schmitz KH, Courneya KS, Matthews C, Demark-Wahnefried W, Galvao DA, Pinto BM, Irwin ML, Wolin KY, Segal RJ, Lucia A, Schneider CM, von Gruenigen VE, Schwartz AL; American College of Sports Medicine. American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Jul;42(7):1409-26. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e0c112.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 20559064 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form: document to inform patients about the process

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Other Identifiers

779/15-1-2024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id