Simple home workouts tested to boost strength before ovarian cancer surgery
NCT ID NCT04204811
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tests whether a personalized home exercise program is practical and helpful for women with advanced ovarian cancer who are receiving chemotherapy before surgery. Twenty-two participants will follow daily exercises and weekly coaching until their operation. The main goal is to see if at least 70% of participants complete the program, not to measure health outcomes directly.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized home exercise program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that a simple exercise program helps women with advanced ovarian cancer feel better and recover faster before surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 22 people, so results may not apply to everyone. It only measures feasibility, not whether exercise actually improves health outcomes.
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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 22 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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Female participants only
- 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: * Subjects must be diagnosed with Stage III or Stage IV ovarian carcinoma (which includes primary peritoneal carcinoma or fallopian rube carcinoma) * All subjects must be enrolled within 90 days of diagnosis * No prior treatment for ovarian carcinoma * All subjects have agreed to a treatment plan of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and subsequent planned interval debulking surgery with an MSKCC surgeon * Participants must be initiating treatment at Gynecologic Medical Oncology clinics at MSKCC Manhattan * Proficiency in English in the determination of the investigators of by patient self-report Exclusion Criteria: * Patient under age 18 * Prior treatment for ovarian cancer * Second opinion visit only * Immediate surgery plan without neoadjuvant treatment * No intended surgical plan * Chemotherapy administration exclusively planned at MSKCC regional site * Patient unwilling to sign consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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