Effectiveness of Exercise Through Video Games in Reducing Fatigue Among Children With Leukemia

NCT04663516 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: ONCO-EXERGAME
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

40 children with cancer who fulfills the inclusion criteria will be included. Participants will be recruited from King Fahad Children's Cancer Center, King Fahad Medical City and King Khaled University Hospital. After obtaining written formal consent, children will be randomly assigned to two groups, control and experimental. Experimental group will play 60 minutes of Wii physical activity games for three weeks, twice each week. while control group will receive conventional therapy. Fatigue will be assessed using pediatric multidimensional fatigue scale- child proxy before, weekly during the study and after. Functional capacity will be measured by six minute walk test before and after study duration, and physical activity will be repeatedly measured by godin-shephard leisure time physical activity questionnaire. All data will be analyzed using appropriate statistical analysis.

Conditions

Fatigue; Childhood ALL

Keywords

Exergaming; fatigue; Leukemia; Children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• pediatric quality of life multidimensional fatigue scale

  the scale measures fatigue in the dimensions of physical, sleep and rest and cognitive. the validated Arabic version will be used. the total score is 100, the higher the score the better the person is. the lower the score the more fatigued the person is.

  one month

• six minute walk test

  measures the endurance and capacity of walking, by measuring the distance walked in six minutes of continuous walking. the longer the distance walked in six minutes the better the endurance.

  one month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• the Godin shepherd leisure time physical activity questionnaire

  one week

Study Arms (2)

experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

exercise through video game (Wii)

Other: Exergaming

control

NO INTERVENTION

children in this group will be given advice about the importance of exercising

Interventions

Exergaming OTHER

games provided by the console requiring the movement of upper body, lower body and trunk.

experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• diagnosed with leukemia, receiving chemotherapy, or off therapy within 6 months.

You may not qualify if:

• bone / pulmonary metastasis, having physical or cognitive disability preventing the child from being able to use the controller and board of the console.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• King Saud University: lead

Study Sites (1)

King Fahad Medical City

Riyadh, 11564, Saudi Arabia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fatigue; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Leukemia

Interventions

Exergaming

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Hematologic Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Immune System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• afnan masoud

  MSc student

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principle investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2020
• First Posted: December 11, 2020
• Study Start: September 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2020
• Study Completion: December 31, 2020
• Last Updated: February 10, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Locations

SA (1)