Effect of APA on Sleep Quality in Children With Cancer From 5 to 16 Years

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age5-16
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

About this trial

Main objective :

Evaluate the effect of adapted physical activity on the sleep of children with cancer from 5 to 16

Hypothesis :

Practice daily adapted physical activity improve the sleep of the 5 to 16 children with cancer

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Children from 5 to 16 with haematological cancer undergoing treatment

Subjects and their parents who were informed about the study and gave informed consent.

Enrollment in the Social Security system

Disqualifiers

Children on high-dose corticosteroids

Children under anxiolytic treatment

Children with sleep disorders (sleep apnea)

Children taking melatonin or sleeping pills

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • practice adapted physical activity

    Behavioral

    practice daily adapted physical activity during 4 days

  • control arm

    Other intervention

    practice once adapted physical activity during 4 days

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: standardActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: daily adapted physical activityExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Quality of sleep

daily calendar with information about child's sleep complete by parents

Time frame
the morning and the evening, from the morning of the first day to the morning of the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 days

Secondary outcomes

1

Number of sleep's hour and night awakenings

wear a sleep recorder during the night

Time frame
Each night from the bedtime to the wake up time, from the bedtime of the first day to the wake up time of the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 days
2

rate of daily human physical activity in met/day

wear a wearable device allday and night long

Time frame
from the morning of the first day to the morning of the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 days
3

children quality of life

parent-completed questionnaire

Time frame
the morning the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 days
4

chair stand-up test

maximum sit-up and stand-up from a chair during one minute

Time frame
the morning of the first day and the morning of the fourth day, during the 2 sessions of 2 cycles, each cycle is 4 days

Other outcomes

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