Clinical trial · Interventional
Effectiveness of Exercise Program in Improving Quality of Life in Patients With Gastric Cancer Undergoing Gastrectomy
The Effect of Home Based Walking Exercise on Fatigue, Anxiety, Depression, Sleep Quality, Circadian Rhythms and Quality of Life in Patients With Gastric Cancer Undergoing Gastrectomy
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study will investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program in improving fatigue, negative emotions , sleep quality, circadian rhythms and quality of life in patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy in Taiwan. Hypothesis: 1. The fatigue in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th and 36th month. 2. The negative emotions in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th and 36th month. 3. The sleep quality in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th and 36th month. 4. The quality of life in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd,3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th and 36th month.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastric Cancer | Malignant Gastric Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| exercise group | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- exercise group
- description
- A 12-week regimen of home-based walking exercises, comprising walking at a moderate intensity for 40 min, three times a Week.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: exercise group
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- usual-care group
- description
- These participants follows the standard post-surgery follow-up consisting of counseling by dietitians, nurses and doctors.
Primary outcomes (16)
- measure
- Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 )
- timeFrame
- baseline (one week after recruited)
- description
- The EORTC QLQ-C30 :This scale is measured by the respondent self-assessed the frequency of various problems in the past week. The EORTC QLQ-C30 consists of three subscales with 30 questions. The EORTC QLQ-C30 have three subscales in the scale include functioning scales (15 questions), symptom scales (13 questions), and global health status (2 questions). The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.81-0.94. The functional scale and the global health status , the higher the total score, the better the quality of life; the lower the score in the symptom scale, the better the quality of life.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
- Maximum age
- 90 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. After undergoing surgery and clinically diagnosed as gastric cancer. 2. Adults over 20 years old. 3. Hemoglobin (above 10 g/dL). 4. Clear consciousness and could communicate in either Mandarin or Taiwanese, and were not cognitively impaired were included. 5. No lower limb disability and able to walk on their own. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Suspected or confirmed bone metastasis. 2. Poorly controlled cardiovascular disease such as heart failure, arrhythmia, angina, myocardial infarction, chest pain during activities or rest in the past three months, and valvular heart disease using anticoagulants. 3. Poorly diabetes controlled, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C)\>9%, blood sugar higher than 250mg/dl or lower than 80mg/dl. 4. Those with poor blood pressure control, systolic blood pressure greater than 160mmHg or diastolic blood pressure than 100mmHg when quiet, and heart rate is greater than 100bpm when quiet. 5. Diagnosed as recurrent depression. 6. Regular exercise above moderate intensity, such as 150 minutes per week in the past three months.
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