Exercise may keep frail pancreatic cancer patients stronger during chemo
NCT ID NCT07647250
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tests whether a 36-session targeted exercise program can help frail pancreatic cancer patients stay stronger and complete their chemotherapy with fewer problems. Researchers will enroll 25 patients who are frail or pre-frail and receiving chemotherapy before surgery. The main goal is to see if the program is practical and safe, with early signs of whether it improves strength and daily function.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- targeted physical exercise program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that regular exercise helps frail pancreatic cancer patients maintain strength and complete chemotherapy with fewer interruptions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 25 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The main goal is to see if the program is feasible, not to prove it works.
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Study facts
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- 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 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2032
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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18 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: 1. Age ≥18 years 2. Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer that is potentially resectable per the treating clinical team's assessment. 3. Planned to receive or actively receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgery. 4. Frail or pre-frail as defined by the protocol-specified frailty assessment tool (e.g., Fried Frailty Phenotype; pre-frail = 1-2 criteria; frail =\> 3 criteria). 5. Able to provide written informed consent. 6. Medically appropriate to participate in supervised, symptom-limited exercise as determined by study screening and, if indicated, the treating clinician's input. 7. Able to complete study assessments and questionnaires in English or Spanish (using IRB- approved instruments/materials). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Adults unable to consent. 2. Medical condition that, in the judgment of the investigator and/or treating clinician, makes exercise unsafe (e.g., unstable angina, uncontrolled arrhythmia, decompensated heart failure, uncontrolled severe pulmonary disease). 3. Any absolute contraindication to exercise participation/testing per institutional standards. 4. Severe symptoms or functional impairment that prevents safe participation despite program modification. 5. Inability to comply with the intervention schedule and study procedures despite reasonable scheduling accommodations.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Illinois Clinical Cancer Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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