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NCT Number: NCT04100044

Exercise Prescription for the Improvement of Quality of Life in Elderly Patients With Multiple Myeloma

This trial studies how well exercise prescription works in improving quality of life in elderly patients with multiple myeloma. Engaging and adhering to an exercise program may improve functional status and quality of life and decrease pain and skeletal-related events. This study is being done to see if elderly patients with multiple myeloma can participate in a physical activity program.

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Conditions

Plasma Cell Myeloma Blood Protein Disorders Cardiovascular Diseases Hematologic Diseases Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Hemorrhagic Disorders Hemostatic Disorders Immune System Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Lymphoproliferative Disorders Multiple Myeloma Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Plasma Cell Paraproteinemias Vascular Diseases

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

About this study

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Assess the ability for elderly multiple myeloma patients to maintain a personalized exercise regimen and activity level for a period of 6 months.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Assess changes in biometric data.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE I. Evaluate changes in bone metabolism markers as a result of exercise.

OUTLINE:

Patients meet with a physical therapist on day 0 and at 3 and 6 months and receive a personalized home exercise intervention consisting of aerobic and resistance training for 6 months. Patients also receive face-to-face sessions, video chats, or text message check-ins with physical therapist weekly for 6 weeks and then every other week for up to 24 weeks.

After completion of study, patients are followed up every 6 months for 5 years.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of multiple myeloma
  • If patients are undergoing an autologous stem cell transplant, then they will be enrolled after their transplant so that there is not an interruption in the study period
  • Patients are eligible whether or not they have lytic bone lesions
  • If they do have lytic lesions, the lesions must be low risk for fracture (low risk by Mirel's score or less than 50% of vertebral body height)
  • If patients are high risk for bone fracture, they must undergo bone stabilization prior to being considered for enrollment
  • Patients will have to be at least 6 weeks from date of stabilization
  • Provide signed and dated informed consent form
  • Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study
  • Subjects need to be within 24 months of their multiple myeloma diagnosis
  • Subject must be able to stand and walk to perform baseline assessments
  • Subjects must be able to text message (will need cell phone)
  • Need to limit to able to read and understand English as video visit capability is only in English at this point in time and multiple questionnaires will not be translated into other languages

Exclusion criteria

  • Presence of lytic lesions that cannot undergo appropriate stabilization
  • Anything that would place the individual at increased risk or preclude the individual's full compliance with or completion of the study
  • Non English speaking
  • Diagnosed greater than 24 months prior to screening

Treatment and study plan

Exercise Counseling

Other

Meet with physical therapist

Exercise Intervention

Behavioral

Receive personalized home exercise intervention

Questionnaire Administration

Other

Ancillary studies

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Other

Ancillary studies

Other names: Quality of Life Assessment

Primary outcomes

  1. Physical activity adherence

    Time frame: Up to 6 months

    Will be measured at each assessment using an Actigraph tri-axial hip-worn accelerometers, worn for 7 days at each assessment point, supplemented with patient self-report of exercise in the past 7 days using a physical activity recall to differentiate subtypes of physical activity. Will estimate the proportion of participants who maintained their target level, along with an exact 95% confidence interval. We will use an exact binomial test to assess whether adherence exceeds 50%. Adherence to the exercise prescriptions will be measured with the absolute and relative increase from baseline in min/week of aerobic and resistance exercise at 3 months and 6 months (benchmark: min/week of exercise changes by > 100% and a minimum of 90 min/week at 6 months). The percent of prescribed minutes of exercise performed at 3 and 6 months also will be calculated with goal of adherence greater than 50%.

  2. Retention

    Time frame: Up to 6 months

    Will be measured by percent number of days the patient wears the provided FitBit during the 6-month period.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in short physical performance battery protocol

    Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months

    The Short Physical Performance Battery Protocol is a test consisting of three sections (Balance, Gait Speed, and Chair Stand). The score for the Short Physical Performance Battery Protocol is scored as a total of the points earned in each section. Scores range from a total of 0 to 12 points.

    Will use methods for paired data to estimate the mean difference, along with a 95% confidence interval. Will carry out additional analyses to assess the change of these outcomes over time, utilizing the repeated measurements obtained at all timepoints. Will use mixed-effects regression for all analyses.

  2. Change in 6 minute walk test

    Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months

    Will use methods for paired data to estimate the mean difference, along with a 95% confidence interval. Will carry out additional analyses to assess the change of these outcomes over time, utilizing the repeated measurements obtained at all timepoints. Will use mixed-effects regression for all analyses.

  3. Change in grip strength

    Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months

    Grip strength will be measured using a dynamometer, which gives results in kg of force. Will use methods for paired data to estimate the mean difference, along with a 95% confidence interval. Will carry out additional analyses to assess the change of these outcomes over time, utilizing the repeated measurements obtained at all timepoints. Will use mixed-effects regression for all analyses.

  4. Change in Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test

    Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months

    Will use methods for paired data to estimate the mean difference, along with a 95% confidence interval. Will carry out additional analyses to assess the change of these outcomes over time, utilizing the repeated measurements obtained at all timepoints. Will use mixed-effects regression for all analyses.

  5. Change in frailty score

    Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months

    Will use methods for paired data to estimate the mean difference, along with a 95% confidence interval. Will carry out additional analyses to assess the change of these outcomes over time, utilizing the repeated measurements obtained at all timepoints. Will use mixed-effects regression for all analyses.

Other outcomes

  1. Change in bone metabolism markers

    Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months

    Will include bone specific alkaline phosphatase, tartrate resistant acid phosphatase, C-terminal telopeptide fragment of type 1 collagen, and metabolomics signatures. Will trend metabolomics signatures as described above over time for individual participants and relate them to exercise adherence. Samples will be randomized in order to avoid machine drifts. All measurements will be carried out at least in triplicate and the false discovery rate will be used for hypothesis testing to determine the rate of type I errors when conducting multiple comparisons.

  2. Change in pain level

    Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months

    Will be measured by Brief Pain Inventory. There are 9 total questions consisting of: 1 diagram, 1 yes/no, 1 item to list pain medications/treatments, 5 questions with an 11-point rating scale, and one question with sub-items A-G with an 11-point rating scale for each sub-item. Scored as follows: Pain Severity Score = Mean of items 3-6 (pain at its worst, pain at its least, average Pain Interference Score = Mean of items 9A-9G (interference of pain with: general activity, mood, walking, normal work, relations, sleep, enjoyment of life).

  3. Change in quality of life (QOL)

    Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months

    Will be measured by European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer - QOL survey. There are 20 questions on a 4 point scale. Scores range from 0 to 100.

  4. Participant satisfaction

    Time frame: At 6 months

    This is an 8 question survey with likert scale answers. Will be measured by a participant satisfaction questionnaire as well as open feedback questions to guide future studies.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Thomas Jefferson University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Pilot Study to Assess Adherence of an Exercise Prescription in Elderly Multiple Myeloma Patients

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Sep 23, 2019
Registry last updated
Apr 29, 2025

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