NCT06414122Not yet recruiting
Modulated Mid-frequency Whole-body Electromyostimulation and Nutritional Therapy in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients
The Efficacy of Modulated Mid-frequency (Whole-body Electromyostimulation) and Nutritional Therapy in Patients With Solid Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract (Excluding Liver and Pancreatic Carcinomas)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of modulated mid-frequency whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) combined with nutritional therapy in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 88 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 10 May 2024
- Start date
- 1 Aug 2026
- Primary completion date
- Aug 2028
- Lead sponsor
- University of Cologne
- NCT number
- NCT06414122
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 88
- From 1 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, Aug 2028
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Electronic implants such as pacemakers, pumps, and coronary stents
- Implants in the area of application (e.g. breast implants)
- Metal and electronic parts in the body (e.g. prostheses, metal vascular clips, hearing aids/inner ear/cochlear implants, magnetic dental prostheses, pacemakers, contraceptives)
Other illness
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Epilepsy
- Wounds and open skin diseases in the area of application of the electrodes
- Acute inflammatory diseases (e.g. inflammation of the intervertebral discs, bones, vessels, or soft tissue)
- Bone diseases with high-grade osteoporosis
- Increased risk of haemorrhage
- Fever and illnesses that can be aggravated by physical exertion
Other
- Participation in another study on the topic of exercise or nutrition
- Pregnancy
- Unhealed operations or bone fractures
- Directly after herniated discs or other instabilities such as large abdominal wall hernias
- Blood clots (thromboses)
- Untreated high blood pressure
- Blindness
- Continuous parenteral nutrition
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with oesophageal, gastric, duodenal, colon or rectal cancer following surgery without further therapy and with neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy
- medical clearance for exercise training
- written declaration of consent from the study participant
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universitätsklinikum Köln, Centrum für Integrierte Onkologie (CIO) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cologne | Germany | Unknown status |
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