Exercise in Pediatric Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Hematological and Immunological Recovery
Assessment of the impact of the Exercise (EX) intervention on the immune recovery of pediatric autologous SCT patients will be based on four parameters (a) Recovery of different leukocyte cell subset (e.g., T cells, Natural killer cells, B cells, monocytes, neutrophils etc) in peripheral blood by flow cytometry, (b) Expression of activating and inhibitory Killer IRs by Gene expression analysis of 14 KIR genes will be done by RNA based real-time PCR analysis(c) Function of NK cells and their subsets by measuring in-vitro cytokine secretion and degranulation by different NK cell subsets (cytolytic and regulatory NK cells) on incubation with K-562 cell lines and (d) Levels of different pro-inflammatory and regulatory cytokines in serum using a bead-based array on Luminex.
This assessments will be performed at baseline, 7, 14, 28, 56, 84 and 180 days after stem cell transplantation (SCT)
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Nicole S Culos-Reed, Ph.D
Principal Investigator
University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine and Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Canada:Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI)
RF-CACICPES01
NCT01666015
June 2012
July 2015
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