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Brief Title: Patient Activation Through Counseling, Exercise and Mobilization
Official Title: Engaging the Older Cancer Patient; Patient Activation Through Counseling, Exercise and Mobilization - Pancreatic, Biliary Tract, and Lung Cancer (PACE-Mobil-PBL) - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study ID: NCT03411200
Brief Summary: PACE-Mobil-PBL is a prospective randomized controlled trial. The aim is to investigate the effect of a multimodal and exercise-based intervention among older patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, biliary tract cancer, or lung cancer during treatment with first-line palliative chemotherapy, immunotherapy or targeted therapy. The hypotheses: That the multimodal intervention will increase or maintain physical function levels and strength, reduce symptoms and side-effects, improve quality of life, reduce treatment-related complications and hospital admissions, and reduce risk of cancer cachexia and sarcopenia.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 65 Years
Eligible Ages: OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Department of Oncology, Herlev, , Denmark
Name: Marta Kramer Mikkelsen
Affiliation: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR