Walnuts and walking: can a short prehab program help cancer patients?
NCT ID NCT06644560
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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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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Jun 2028
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
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- Ages
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18 to 80 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: * Age 18-80 years * Diagnosed with cancer of any kind * Scheduled at least 3 weeks out from first treatment * Receiving care at San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation (SCAHC) * Able to eat walnuts * Able to do moderate-intensity exercise Exclusion Criteria: * Digestive tract disease that would restrict diet modifications * Allergy to the foods intended for the nutrition intervention * Uncontrolled cardiac disease or other contraindications to moderate-intensity exercise
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Arizona Cancer Center
RECRUITINGTucson, Arizona, 85724, United States
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