Lifestyle coaching may boost quality of life for cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07110753
First seen Jul 08, 2026 · Last updated Jul 09, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a combined lifestyle program—focusing on nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress, and sense of purpose—can improve quality of life for people with cancer. It includes cancer survivors within five years of curative treatment and those with advanced cancer who have a prolonged life expectancy. Participants are randomly assigned to the full lifestyle program or a shorter online version, and their quality of life is measured using standard questionnaires.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- combined lifestyle intervention (nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress, sense of purpose) delivered by a lifestyle coach and oncology nurse
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a practical, non-drug way to help people with cancer feel better and live fuller lives.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage behavioral study. Results may not apply to all cancer types or stages, and lifestyle changes can be hard to maintain long-term.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 244 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Be diagnosed with an invasive or hematological cancer type and either within five years post-primary treatment with curative intent OR having advanced cancer (stage IV) with a prolonged life expectancy (chronic cancer patients) . Primary treatment in this context, includes among others surgery (\> 3 months ago), radiotherapy, and/or chemotherapy or a stem cell transplant in case of hematological cancers. * Report a reduced HRQoL, i.e., a low score on at least 2 of the functioning scales and/or the symptom scale fatigue of the EORTC-QLQ-30 based on the thresholds of clinical importance of Giesinger et al. (2020) * Be 40 years of age or older. The investigators have chosen this cut-off because they believe that younger cancer patients (AYA's) face different challenges and should not be mixed with the average older patient. This approach ensures greater homogeneity within the study population. * Be able to speak and understand Dutch Exclusion Criteria: * Following, or planned to follow a combined lifestyle intervention (i.e., one of the existing interventions for overweight) during the intervention period * Patients in the terminal phase (life expectancy \< 3 months) * Mental or behavioural problems that hinder participating in group lifestyle coaching indicated by the health care professional who is referring to GLINK or by the study team * Any circumstances that would impede ability to give informed consent or adherence to study requirements as determined by the study team or treating physician
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UMC Utrecht
RECRUITINGUtrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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