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Trial reportBMC cancer2017

Nutrition therapy with high intensity interval training to improve prostate cancer-related fatigue in men on androgen deprivation therapy: a study protocol.

Brenton J Baguley, Tina L Skinner, Michael D Leveritt, Olivia R L Wright

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04679233 (Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Aerobic Exercise in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04679233 nawithdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Aerobic Exercise in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy

TypeinterventionalSponsorVanderbilt UniversityRan2021 to 2021Enrolled0ConditionsHead and Neck Neoplasm, RadiotherapyArmsPrescription aerobic exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brenton J BaguleySchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. b.baguley1@uq.edu.au.
Tina L SkinnerSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Michael D LeverittSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Olivia R L WrightSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
University of Queensland · AUMater Research · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer-related fatigue is one of the most prevalent, prolonged and distressing side effects of prostate cancer treatment with androgen deprivation therapy. Preliminary evidence suggests natural therapies such as nutrition therapy and structured exercise prescription can reduce symptoms of cancer-related fatigue. Men appear to change their habitual dietary patterns after prostate cancer diagnosis, yet prostate-specific dietary guidelines provide limited support for managing adverse side effects of treatment. The exercise literature has shown high intensity interval training can improve various aspects of health that are typically impaired with androgen deprivation therapy; however exercise at this intensity is yet to be conducted in men with prostate cancer. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of nutrition therapy beyond the current healthy eating guidelines with high intensity interval training for managing cancer-related fatigue in men with prostate cancer treated with androgen deprivation therapy. METHODS/

designThis is a two-arm randomized control trial of 116 men with prostate cancer and survivors treated with androgen deprivation therapy. Participants will be randomized to either the intervention group i.e. nutrition therapy and high intensity interval training, or usual care. The intervention group will receive 20 weeks of individualized nutrition therapy from an Accredited Practising Dietitian, and high intensity interval training (from weeks 12-20 of the intervention) from an Accredited Exercise Physiologist. The usual care group will maintain their standard treatment regimen over the 20 weeks. Both groups will undertake primary and secondary outcome testing at baseline, week 8, 12, and 20; testing includes questionnaires of fatigue and quality of life, objective measures of body composition, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, biomarkers for disease progression, as well as dietary analysis. The primary outcomes for this trial are measures of fatigue and quality of life. DISCUSSION: This study is the first of its kind to determine the efficacy of nutrition therapy above the healthy eating guidelines and high intensity interval training for alleviating prostate-cancer related fatigue. If successful, nutrition therapy and high intensity interval training may be proposed as an effective therapy for managing cancer-related fatigue and improving quality of life in men during and after prostate cancer treatment.

trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000512527 . Trial registered on the 22/5/2015.

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Exercise TherapyHigh-Intensity Interval TrainingNutrition TherapyResearch DesignAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAndrogen AntagonistsAustraliaBody CompositionFatigueFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedAndrogen AntagonistsCancer related fatigueExerciseNutrition therapyProstate cancer

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PMID28049525
PMCPMC5206780
OpenAlexW2564161088

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