TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there a role for physical activity when treating patients with cancer with immune checkpoint inhibitors?
T2 - Protocol for a scoping review
AU - Chen, Miaoqi
AU - Raj, Ridesh
AU - Fox, Louis
AU - Moss, Charlotte Louise
AU - George, Gincy
AU - Karagiannis, Sophia N
AU - Enting, Deborah
AU - Joseph, Magdalene
AU - Peat, Nicola
AU - Russell, Beth
AU - Van Hemelrijck, Mieke
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10/8
Y1 - 2021/10/8
N2 - INTRODUCTION: For patients with cancer, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) produce superior long-term responses compared with alternative treatments, although at the cost of manifesting adverse immune-related events. There are many hypotheses of the impacts of physical activities in immunotherapy, but little is known about the oncological outcomes and the underlying mechanisms. This scoping review aims to identify possible physical activity interventions, their efficacy and feasibility and the potential underlying biological mechanisms responsible for their effects.METHOD AND ANALYSIS: The Levac methodology framework was used along with guidance from the Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis to inform development of this protocol. Abstracts and titles followed by full-text screening will be performed by two independent reviewers for inclusion. All studies describing the impact of physical activities and exercise interventions on cancer ICIs, with particular focus on oncological outcomes, quality of life or underling biological mechanisms, will be included. After extracting qualitative and quantitative data, they will be evaluated and summarised, respectively. Subsequently, a further consultation step with other scientists and healthcare professionals will be performed.ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The research findings will be published through an open-access peer-reviewed journal. The results of this scoping review will be used to inform further studies on physical impacts on immunotherapy. All data included will be from open resources, therefore, no ethical clearances are required.
AB - INTRODUCTION: For patients with cancer, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) produce superior long-term responses compared with alternative treatments, although at the cost of manifesting adverse immune-related events. There are many hypotheses of the impacts of physical activities in immunotherapy, but little is known about the oncological outcomes and the underlying mechanisms. This scoping review aims to identify possible physical activity interventions, their efficacy and feasibility and the potential underlying biological mechanisms responsible for their effects.METHOD AND ANALYSIS: The Levac methodology framework was used along with guidance from the Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis to inform development of this protocol. Abstracts and titles followed by full-text screening will be performed by two independent reviewers for inclusion. All studies describing the impact of physical activities and exercise interventions on cancer ICIs, with particular focus on oncological outcomes, quality of life or underling biological mechanisms, will be included. After extracting qualitative and quantitative data, they will be evaluated and summarised, respectively. Subsequently, a further consultation step with other scientists and healthcare professionals will be performed.ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The research findings will be published through an open-access peer-reviewed journal. The results of this scoping review will be used to inform further studies on physical impacts on immunotherapy. All data included will be from open resources, therefore, no ethical clearances are required.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046052
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046052
M3 - Article
C2 - 34625412
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 11
SP - e046052
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 10
M1 - e046052
ER -