Exercise may improve sleep for children battling blood cancer
NCT ID NCT06455592
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether doing adapted physical activity every day can improve sleep quality in children aged 5 to 16 who are being treated for blood cancer. About 30 children will take part, with some exercising daily and others just once over four days. Parents will track sleep and quality of life, and kids will wear devices to measure sleep and activity.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- adapted physical activity
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that daily exercise helps children with blood cancer sleep better during treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to all children. The sleep improvements might be small or hard to measure.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 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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5 to 16 years
- 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: * Children from 5 to 16 with haematological cancer undergoing treatment * Subjects and their parents who were informed about the study and gave informed consent. * Enrollment in the Social Security system Exclusion Criteria: * Children on high-dose corticosteroids * Children under anxiolytic treatment * Children with sleep disorders (sleep apnea) * Children taking melatonin or sleeping pills * Contraindication to adapted physical activity * Refusal to participate on the part of the participant or his/her parents * Holders of parental authority under curatorship, guardianship, safeguard of justice * Pregnant or breast-feeding teenagers
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, France
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