Can resistance bands or electrical stimulation help cancer patients fight muscle loss?
NCT ID NCT04067167
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at two different exercise programs—using flexi bands or whole-body electrical stimulation—for people with cancer. The goal is to see which one better helps maintain muscle strength, reduce inflammation, and improve quality of life during treatment. About 100 participants will be followed for 12 weeks.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2019
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * malignant disease (solid or hematological cancer): head and neck cancer, colorectal carcinoma, small intestinal cancer, gastric cancer, oesophageal cancer, pancreas carcinoma, liver cell carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, cervix cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, patients with leukaemia and malignant lymphomas or Graft-versus-Host-Disease after bone marrow transplantation * ongoing or planned curative or palliative anti-cancer therapy * ECOG-Status 0-2 Exclusion Criteria: * simultaneous participation in other nutritional or exercise intervention Trials * bone metastases with high fracture risk * cardiovascular disease * use of anabolic medications * epilepsy * severe neurological or rheumatic diseases * skin lesions in the area of electrodes * energy active metals in body * pregnancy * acute vein thrombosis
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Medicine 1, Hector-Center for Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
RECRUITINGErlangen, 91054, Germany
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