Impact of the Acti-Pair programme on physical activity in patients with prostate cancer: protocol of the Acti-Pair 2 stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial.

Regular physical activity (PA) reduces morbidity and mortality in prostate cancer. Prescribing PA in cancer is a necessary awareness but is a real challenge in the case of prostate cancer. Motivational peer support seems to be an innovative strategy for lifestyle change.

[Development and validation of a tool for the systematic identification of social vulnerabilities in cancer patients: the DEFCO tool].

Introduction: Literature suggests that patients from deprived backgrounds are less likely to adhere to their treatments, continue to expose themselves to risk factors and, as a result, have poorer health outcomes. It is therefore crucial to identify these vulnerable populations early on, in order to provide them with tailored and reinforced care. The primary aim of this research is to construct and validate a systematic screening tool for identifying patients at highest risk of social vulnerability due to deprivation, through the use of psychometric techniques.

Screening Sportsmen and Sportswomen Over Age 35: The Relevance of an Exercise Electrocardiogram. Data From the SEEPRED Study.

Introduction: The importance of exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) is still controversial in the prevention of cardiovascular events among sportsmen and sportswomen. The aim of this study was to assess the relevance of exercise ECG as a screening tool to prevent cardiovascular events when any cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are present.

Methods: The study included leisure time asymptomatic sportsmen and sportswomen over age 35 evaluated from 2011 to 2016 at the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne (France).

The Acti-Pair program helps men with prostate cancer increase physical activity with peer support: a mixed method pilot study.

Background: Although the health benefits of physical activity (PA) are recognized, prostate cancer patients do not follow PA recommendations. Barriers to PA, whether physical, environmental or organizational, are known. Furthermore, even when these barriers are overcome, this achievement is not systematically accompanied by lifestyle change.

[The oral anticoagulants’ burden].

Background: Oral anticoagulants generate a burden of care that can affect the patient’s quality of life. The concept of treatment’s burden measures the impact of medical care for the patient’s quality of life. Various factors can exacerbate the burden.

Effectiveness of a nurse-led telephone follow-up in the therapeutic management of patients receiving oral antineoplastic agents: a randomized, multicenter controlled trial (ETICCO study).

Purpose: The use of oral cancer drugs (OAD) has increased over the last two decades. The objective of this study was to measure the impact of a nurse-led telephone follow-up in the therapeutic management of patients treated with an OAD regarding toxicity, medication adherence and quality of life.

Methods: A randomized, multicenter, controlled trial was conducted.

Drug Management in End-of-Life Hospitalized Palliative Care Cancer Patients: The RHESO Cohort Study.

Objective: Little data about the management of drugs in terminally ill palliative care cancer patients is available. The present study aimed at describing the evolution of anticancer and non-anticancer treatments (NACTs) in cancer patients in palliative care units. The second objective was to identify factors leading to the medical decision to withdraw or not NACTs.

Human herpesvirus 6 infection after autologous stem cell transplantation: A multicenter prospective study in adult patients.

Objectives: to prospectively evaluate the incidence and the clinical relevance on hematopoietic reconstitution of HHV-6 infection in autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) recipients.

Methods: HHV-6 DNA load was measured in whole blood specimens once during the 7 days before stem cell re-infusion and once a week after transplantation until hematopoietic recovery. Active HHV-6 infection was defined by 2 consecutive positive DNA loads.

Cancer patients treated with intravenous chemotherapy for the first time. What are their needs? What do they lack? A qualitative-quantitative mixed approach.

Introduction: The announcement of cancer coupled with initiation of its treatment impacts patients' psychological and physical states as well as their lifestyles. The objective of this study was to identify and confirm the needs of patients starting off on anticancer chemotherapy treatment.

Methods: This study was based on a qualitative-quantitative mixed method.

Denosumab Toxicity When Combined With Anti-angiogenic Therapies on Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A GETUG Study.

Background: About one-third of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have detectable metastases at diagnosis. Among them, bone is the second most frequent metastatic site. Treatment of metastatic RCC mostly relies on anti-angiogenic (AA) therapies and, more recently, immunotherapy.

Evaluation of the quality of the reporting of phase II clinical trials in oncology: A systematic review.

Objective: To describe the current state of knowledge concerning the quality of reporting in phase II clinical trials in oncology and to describe the various methods published allowing this quality evaluation.

Methods: databases including MEDLINE and COCHRANE were searched. Reviews and meta-analyses analyzing the quality of the reporting of phase II trials in oncology were included.

Quality of reporting in oncology phase II trials: A 5-year assessment through systematic review.

Background: Phase II clinical trials are a cornerstone of the development in experimental treatments They work as a "filter" for phase III trials confirmation. Surprisingly the attrition ratio in Phase III trials in oncology is significantly higher than in any other medical specialty. This suggests phase II trials in oncology fail to achieve their goal.

Quality of reporting in oncology studies: A systematic analysis of literature reviews and prospects.

The present review gives an overview of systematic reviews published in peer reviewed Journals analysing quality of reporting in oncology studies. PUBMED and Cochrane library were searched to identify systematic reviews assessing quality of reporting for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies (OBS). Recommendations and primary endpoints used to assess the quality of reporting were described.

Outcomes Definitions and Statistical Tests in Oncology Studies: A Systematic Review of the Reporting Consistency.

Background: Quality of reporting for Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs) in oncology was analyzed in several systematic reviews, but, in this setting, there is paucity of data for the outcomes definitions and consistency of reporting for statistical tests in RCTs and Observational Studies (OBS). The objective of this review was to describe those two reporting aspects, for OBS and RCTs in oncology.

Methods: From a list of 19 medical journals, three were retained for analysis, after a random selection: British Medical Journal (BMJ), Annals of Oncology (AoO) and British Journal of Cancer (BJC).

[Validation of a questionnaire assessing patients' adherence and skill level of management for oral capecitabine treatment].

Introduction: There is a plea for the development of tools allowing the screening of fragile patients under oral chemotherapy. Such tools would identify patients with difficulties for being adherent or for having low side effects management skills. The aim of this study is to validate psychometric characteristics of a questionnaire assessing patients' adherence and skill level of management for oral capecitabine treatment.

Decision aid on breast cancer screening reduces attendance rate: results of a large-scale, randomized, controlled study by the DECIDEO group.

Controversies regarding the benefits of breast cancer screening programs have led to the promotion of new strategies taking into account individual preferences, such as decision aid. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a decision aid leaflet on the participation of women invited to participate in a national breast cancer screening program. This Randomized, multicentre, controlled trial.

Social inequalities and cancer: can the European deprivation index predict patients' difficulties in health care access? a pilot study.

Context: The European Deprivation Index (EDI), is a new ecological estimate for Socio-Economic Status (SES). This study postulates that Time-To-Treatment could be used as a cancer quality-of -care surrogate in order to identify the association between cancer patient's SES and quality of care in a French comprehensive cancer center.

Methods: retrospective mono-centered cohort study.

Even a low-dose of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity reduces mortality by 22% in adults aged ≥60 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The health benefits of 150 min a week of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) in older adults, as currently recommended, are well established, but the suggested dose in older adults is often not reached.

Objectives: We aimed to determine whether a lower dose of MVPA was effective in reducing mortality, in participants older than 60 years.

Methods: The PubMed and Embase databases were searched from inception to February 2015.

Human papillomavirus and head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in the South-East of France: prevalence, viral expression, and prognostic implications.

Conclusion: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, especially by HPV 16, is frequently detected in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The expression of viral oncoproteins in tumoral tissues of OSCCs suggests the implication of HPV in tumorogenesis. It should now be systematically detected and considered in each patient's treatment and outcome.