Effect of Nutrition Counseling and Physical Exercise Prescription on Body Composition and Nutritional Status of 5-18 Years Pediatric Cancer Patients on Treatment at Jimma Medical Center Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit(JMC-PHOU), Jimma, Ethiopia (JMC-PHOU)

April 23, 2026 updated by: Asfaw Gerbi, Jimma University

Diet and Physical Exercise Intervention: Quasi Experimental Study

Malnutrition and associated muscle wasting are common health problems among pediatric cancer patients. However, the role of dietary counseling and physical exercise prescription intervention on both nutritional status and muscle health is not well documented in pediatric cancer patients, especially in those from low-and middle-income countries.

This study will use quasi-experimental study design that will apply waiting list control and intervention groups to determine the effect of dietary counseling physical exercise prescription on the nutritional status and muscle wasting/sarcopenia among pediatric cancer patients in the age range of 5-18 years receiving cancer treatment at Jimma Medical Center Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit (JMC-PHOU). The study participants will be enrolled prospectively according their clinical visit. The participants will be categorized as intervention and awaiting list control groups. The intervention group received dietary counseling by using healthy eating plate as guide and motivational interview as counseling strategy for three consecutive months. In addition to dietary counseling the intervention group will receive three days per week, two sessions a day and 30 minutes per session aerobic(20 minutes per session) and resistance(10 minutes per session) physical exercise prescription. The waiting list control group will receive the same intervention three months later. The sample size was estimated by considering study power of and clinically significant effect size to 104 total sample sizes (i.e. 52 cases per each group). Data will be analyzed by paired sample t-test using IBM SPSS version 25. Statistical significance will be set at 5% with 95% confidence interval (CI). The study result will be reported in mean ±SD and t(df), p-value.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

104

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Ethiopia
      • Jimma, Ethiopia, 378
        • Jimma Uniersity

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All pediatric cancer patients of both sex and in the age range of 5 -18 years attending JMC
  • Pediatric cancer patients who pass medical clerance for physical exercise Pediatric cancer pateitns who consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pediatric cancer patietnt lessthan five years
  • Pediatric cancer patients with metallic device in their body for different treatment purposes like pacemaker, bone fracture support, artificial air way
  • Pediatric cancer pateitns with severe medical problem and can't participate in physical exercise
  • Pediatric cancer pateitns who/whose family decline the informed assent and consent

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
dietary counseling and physical exercise prescription
Behavioral: dietary counseling and physical exercise prescription
This intervention is a combination of dietary counseling using healthy eating plate as a guide and motivational interviewing as a strategy and physical exercise prescription. To the knowledge of the investigator no such intervention was studied so far among pediatric cancer patients in low-and middle-income countries.
No Intervention: Control arm
waiting list control group, will recive dietary counseling and physical exercise intervention three months later

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
change body fat mass(FM) in kilogrames (Kg) by taking the difference of the measurments at the the start and end of intervention
Time Frame: Three months
Body fat will be measured using bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA)
Three months
Change in fat free mass(FFM) in kilograms (Kg)by taking the difference of the measurments at the the start and end of intervention
Time Frame: three months
Fat free mass will be measured using bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA)
three months
Change in hydration staus by measuringby taking the difference of total body, extracelluar and intracellular water in liters(L) at the start and end of intervention
Time Frame: three months
Chnange in body hydration will be mesured using BIA
three months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Jimma University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 25, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 10, 2026

Study Completion (Actual)

April 10, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 14, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 23, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

April 30, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 30, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 23, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Jimma University (Other Grant/Funding Number: Jimma University Institute of Health School Of Graduate Studies)
  • JUIH/IRB/088/24 (Other Identifier: Jimma University)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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