Clinical trials: Fatigue Related to Cancer Treatment

Cachexia, Fatigue

Megestrol and Exercise in Treating Patients With Cancer-Related Weight Loss

• Completed
• Age: 18 years and older
• Phase 2
• Surgery or procedure

RATIONALE: Megestrol helps improve appetite. Exercise may decrease cancer-related fatigue, improve strength, and build up lost muscle tissue. Exercise plus megestrol may be effective treatment for cancer-related weight loss.

Conditions

Cachexia, Fatigue, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Trial name

NCT00004912

Testing

megestrol acetate, physical therapy

Where

6 sites in United States

Sponsor

Northwestern University