Trial reportJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2019
Effects of a physical activity programme to prevent physical performance decline in onco-geriatric patients: a randomized multicentre trial.
Trial report in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 36 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Physical Activity Advices to Prevent Loss of Autonomy in Cancer Treated Elderly Patients. An Intervention Randomized Study
Physical Training for Elderly Cancer Patients With Cachexia (TEECH-01): a Prospective Clinical Trial
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Falls among geriatric cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and risk across cancer types.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of exercise-based interventions on muscle mass, muscle strength, functional performance, aerobic capacity, and health-related quality of life in adults with malignant lymphoma undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2025Pooled it
- Sarcopenia interventions targeted at improving muscle health in adults with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Cancer survivors maintain health benefits 6 to 12 months after exercise-based rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Updated systematic review of the effects of exercise on understudied health outcomes in cancer survivors.Cancer medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Physical activity behaviour change in people living with and beyond cancer following an exercise intervention: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of home-based exercise delivered by digital health in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2022Pooled it
- Falls and potential therapeutic interventions among elderly and older adult patients with cancer: a systematic review.African health sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Exercise for cancer cachexia in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- Safety and Effectiveness of Long-Term Exercise Interventions in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Multicomponent intervention to prevent mobility disability in frail older adults: randomised controlled trial (SPRINTT project).BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Trial
- Physical Activity, Weight, and Outcomes in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer (C40502/Alliance).JNCI cancer spectrum · 2021Trial
- Effects of a physical activity programme to prevent physical performance decline in onco-geriatric patients: a randomized multicentre trial.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2019Trial
- The relationship between sarcopenia and breast cancer: mechanistic pathways and clinical relevance.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- The role of aerobic and resistance exercise for cancer cachexia management - A systematic scoping review.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Review
- A rapid review of nutrition and exercise approaches to managing unintentional weight loss, muscle loss, and malnutrition in cancer.The oncologist · 2025Review
- Survivorship care for patients curatively treated for Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a scoping review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Supervised Home-Based Exercise Intervention in Colorectal Cancer Patients Following Surgery: A Feasibility Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Effects of a Multimodal Program on Frailty Syndrome and Psychological Alterations in Breast Cancer Women Treated with Aromatase Inhibitors.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
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15 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundOlder adults with cancer experience negative long-term functional effects of both cancer and treatments. Exercise may minimize their age-related and cancer-related functional decline.
methodsWe conducted a multicentre open-label 12 month randomized clinical trial with two parallel arms including participants aged ≥70 years with lymphoma or carcinoma requiring curative treatment. The study started at the beginning of any phase of cancer treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy). The usual care group (UCG) received the current national recommendations in physical activity (a guideline without specific counselling). The intervention group (IG) received 1 year phoned physical activity advice individually adapted to physical assessment (twice a month during the first 6 months and then monthly). The primary outcome was the proportion of subjects with a 1 year decreased short physical performance battery (SPPB) score of 1 point or more. Physical, cognitive, and clinical secondary outcomes were also investigated.
resultsWe allocated 301 participants (age 76.7 ± 5.0, female 60.6%) to each group. At baseline, the median SPPB was 10/12 in both groups. Breast was the most frequent tumour site (35.7%). After 1 year, 14.0% of participants in the UCG and 18.7% in the IG had a decrease in SPPB score of 1 point or more (P = 0.772). At 2 years, there was no difference in SPPB, gait speed, International Physical Activity Questionnaire score, and verbal fluency. Subgroup analyses after 2 years showed a decline in SPPB for 29.8% of UCG and 5.0% of IG breast cancer participants (P = 0.006), in 21.7% of UCG and 6.2% of IG female participants (P = 0.019), and in 24.5% of UCG and 11.1% of IG normal nutritional status participants (P = 0.009). Falls, hospitalization, institutionalization, and death rates were similar in both groups.
conclusionsPersonalized phoned physical activity advice had not reduced functional decline at 1 year but provided preliminary evidence that may prevent physical performance decline at 2 years in older adults with breast cancer.
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