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Heart help for cancer survivors: exercise and diet study launches

NCT ID NCT00633633

Symptom relief Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study looks at whether exercise training and dietary counseling can help cancer survivors who have heart failure. About 85 participants will either receive usual care or join a program with exercise three times a week and low-salt diet guidance. The goal is to see if this lifestyle approach is practical and can improve how patients feel.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Exercise training and dietary counseling
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that a structured exercise and diet program helps cancer survivors manage heart failure symptoms and improve daily life.
What could go wrong
This is a small early-stage study focused on feasibility, not on proving medical benefit. Results may not apply to all survivors, and lifestyle changes can be hard to maintain.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 85 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Feb 2008

Expected to finish

May 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. diagnosis of NYHA I, II or III heart failure (as identified by any of the following physical findings of heart failure (jugular venous distension, crackles, edema, S3); pulmonary edema on chest x-ray; BNP \> 100 pg/ml; or at least two of the following symptoms: paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, shortness of breath, swelling, fatigue; 2. previous chemotherapy that contributed to the development of heart failure (i.e., heart failure develops or worsens after receiving chemotherapy, with no other obvious explanation); 3. oriented to person, place, and time; 4. living in the Houston area (Harris county or a contiguous county), or planning to stay in the area for at least the next 16 weeks. 5. 18 years of age or older. 6. diagnosis of cancer 7. have completed treatment, or are on long-term adjuvant or maintenance chemotherapy only Exclusion Criteria: 1. remain in NYHA class IV heart failure despite therapy; 2. have health problems or current treatments that would make exercise unsafe, as determined by the cardiologist; 3. cannot provide informed consent;

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer heart failure Motor Activity

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Heart failure

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78249, United States

  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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