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Effects of Chemoradiation and Surgery on Cardiopulmonary Fitness and Tumor Neoplastic Phenotype in Gastrointestinal Malignancies

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02235441

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Official title

Effects of Chemoradiation and Surgery on Cardiopulmonary Fitness and Tumor Neoplastic Phenotype in Gastrointestinal Malignancies: A Pilot Study

Brief summary

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There is growing evidence of the integral role of exercise following cancer treatment. Randomized trials show that exercise improves post treatment symptoms and quality of life in breast and prostate cancer patients.Regular exercise reduces cancer specific and all cause mortality for patients with breast, prostate, brain or colorectal cancer. Nearly a 40-50% relative risk reduction in cancer specific death and 20-50% relative risk reduction in all cause mortality have been reported with exercise. At present it is unknown if preclinical pleiotropic effects on tumors through aerobic exercise are clinically relevant. Before launching into further studies of exercise training on changes in tumor hypoxia and response to CRT in rectal cancer patients, it is first important to understand: 1. Whether measures of exercise exposure (i.e., exercise capacity and self-reported exercise behavior) are associated with markers of tumor hypoxia at diagnosis (prior to initiation of CRT) and 2. Whether changes in measures of exercise exposure over the course of CRT are related to changes in tumor hypoxia and response to CRT.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02235441
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Duke University
Other
Enrollment
8 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Oct 31, 2014
Primary completion
Apr 4, 2016
Completion
Apr 4, 2016
Last update posted
Jul 10, 2017

2014 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Joan Cahill Durham North Carolina 27710

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