Exercise before CAR T-Cell therapy: a step in the right direction?
NCT ID NCT05763563
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether an exercise program is practical for people aged 65 and older with blood cancers like lymphoma, leukemia, or myeloma who are about to receive CAR T-cell therapy. The program included remote exercise sessions and was tested with 20 participants to see if they would join, stick with it, and find it acceptable. The goal was not to measure health benefits, but to see if such a program could be offered before treatment.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- 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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65 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: * Age ≥65 years * Lymphoma, leukemia, or myeloma with commercial FDA-approved CAR-T delivery planned for ≥4 weeks following enrollment * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2 * Able to read and speak English fluently * Capable of providing informed consent * For optional, tele-supervised aerobic training procedure involving stationary bicycle delivery, participants must live within a 2-hour drive of Moffitt Cancer Center as determined via Google Maps. Exclusion Criteria: * Regular engagement in Resistance training (2x/week targeting all major muscle groups) * Screen failure for exercise safety based on Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) and Patient-Reported Measurement Information System (PROMIS) screening questions * Underlying unstable cardiac or pulmonary disease or symptomatic cardiac disease (New York Heart Association functional class III or IV). * Recent fracture or acute musculoskeletal injury that precludes ability to participate in RT using body weight * Numeric pain rating scale of ≥ 7 out of 10 * Myopathic or rheumatologic disease that impacts physical function * Cognitive, visual, or auditory limitations that preclude safe engagement in remotely-supervised resistance training sessions or independent aerobic exercise (as determined by patients' treating oncologists and specified in clinic notes outlining disease history).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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