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Clémence Trihan1, Cindy Richard2, Emeric Boisteau3
1Rennes 1 University, rue Henri Le Guillou, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes 35000, France.
Background:
Adapted physical activity (APA) is key supportive care in cancer patients. Very few studies have evaluated APA in digestive cancers, and the eligibility and feasibility of an APA program in this population have not been clearly defined.
Objectives:
Primary objective: to analyze the reasons for failure of an APA program in digestive cancer patients. Secondary objectives: to assess patient eligibility, feasibility of an APA program, and the potential changes in patient quality of life, physical performance, and nutritional status.
Design:
APACADIG is a pilot, single-center, prospective non-randomized study.
Methods:
All consecutive patients with digestive cancer seen from January 18, 2021 to February 15, 2021, were proposed a supervised 2-month APA program.
Results:
Sixty-five consecutive patients (men 69%, median age 69.8 years old, PS 0/1: 78.5%) with mainly colorectal (38%) and pancreaticobiliary (35%) cancers were included. Forty-seven of these patients (72%) were eligible, and 22 (46.8%) accepted the APA program. The latter were more often active women, living in urban areas (59.1%) with higher socioeconomic status (40.9%). The barriers to APA were clinical, the cost of transport, lack of awareness of the benefits of APA, and a sedentary lifestyle before the cancer diagnosis. Withdrawal from APA was mainly due to changes in physical status. APA improved patients' physical performance (6-min walk test) (distance 516.1 m ± 102.7 m vs 414.5 m ± 111.9 m; p = 0.0430).
Conclusion:
Only one-sixth of the population completed the program, and we identified several barriers to APA.
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