Clinical trial · Interventional
Effectiveness of Exercise Through Video Games in Reducing Fatigue Among Children With Leukemia
Effectiveness of Exergaming in Reducing Fatigue Among Children With Leukemia
- 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)
40 children with cancer who fulfills the inclusion criteria will be included. Participants will be recruited from King Fahad Children's Cancer Center, King Fahad Medical City and King Khaled University Hospital. After obtaining written formal consent, children will be randomly assigned to two groups, control and experimental. Experimental group will play 60 minutes of Wii physical activity games for three weeks, twice each week. while control group will receive conventional therapy. Fatigue will be assessed using pediatric multidimensional fatigue scale- child proxy before, weekly during the study and after. Functional capacity will be measured by six minute walk test before and after study duration, and physical activity will be repeatedly measured by godin-shephard leisure time physical activity questionnaire. All data will be analyzed using appropriate statistical analysis.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood ALL | Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exergaming | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- experimental
- description
- exercise through video game (Wii)
- interventionNames
- Other: Exergaming
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- control
- description
- children in this group will be given advice about the importance of exercising
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- pediatric quality of life multidimensional fatigue scale
- timeFrame
- one month
- description
- the scale measures fatigue in the dimensions of physical, sleep and rest and cognitive. the validated Arabic version will be used. the total score is 100, the higher the score the better the person is. the lower the score the more fatigued the person is.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 6 Years
- Maximum age
- 14 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosed with leukemia, receiving chemotherapy, or off therapy within 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: * bone / pulmonary metastasis, having physical or cognitive disability preventing the child from being able to use the controller and board of the console.
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