Walnuts and walking: can a short prehab program help cancer patients?

NCT ID NCT06644560

Recruiting now Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Arizona Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study is testing whether a 3-week program of eating walnuts, supervised exercise, and nutrition counseling is practical for American Indian adults recently diagnosed with cancer. The 30 participants will follow the program before starting their cancer treatment. Researchers will measure if patients stick with the program and whether it changes certain markers of inflammation in the blood and tumor tissue.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: walnuts and supervised exercise
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show that a short pre-treatment program of diet and exercise is practical and may help reduce inflammation in cancer patients.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 30 participants. It is not designed to prove the program improves health outcomes, only that it can be done.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer neoplasm obesity disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

CANCER OBESITY

Contacts and locations

Locations

University of Arizona Cancer Center
RECRUITING

Tucson, Arizona, 85724, United States

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