Summary
This study aims to explore whether participating in exercise during adjuvant chemotherapy can improve treatment tolerance and more specfically chemotherapy completion rates.
You may be eligible for this study if you are aged 18 years or older, have been diagnosed with a stage I-III solid tumour and are scheduled to receive chemotherapy.
Participants will be offered twice-weekly supervised small group exercise sessions for the duration of their adjuvant chemotherapy, or for a maximum of 8 months. Exercise sessions will last approximately 60 minutes and involve a combination of aerobic, resistance, and balance exercises. Participants will also be encouraged to engage in additional aerobic exercises at home with the goal of a total of at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity aerobic exercise each week.
Data on chemotherapy completion, physical and mental wellbing will be collected before, during and after the intervention.
It is hoped that information from this study will help determine whether participating in exercise during adjuvant chemotherapy has a beneficial effect on chemotherapy completion rates and physical and mental wellbing in people diagnosed with cancer.