Feasibility of supervised telehealth exercise for patients with advanced melanoma receiving checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the feasibility, safety and preliminary efficacy of a telehealth supervised exercise programme in patients with advanced melanoma receiving checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Methods

A 8-week non-randomised feasibility pilot trial utilising a telehealth delivered multimodal exercise programme undertaken thrice weekly with assessments at baseline and post-intervention. The study was considered feasible if there were no severe or life-threatening adverse events as a result of exercise, and three or more of the following criteria were met: the recruitment rate was >50%, completion rate was >80%, median programme attendance was >75%, median exercise compliance >75%, and average tolerance was >70%. Preliminary efficacy was assessed for objective measures of physic

SUBMITTER: Crosby BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10358269 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature