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Table 1 Schedule of enrolment, interventions, and assessments

From: Exercise medicine as adjunct therapy during RADIation for CAncer of the prostaTE to improve treatment efficacy – protocol for the ERADICATE study: a phase II randomised controlled trial

  1. Abbreviations: DXA Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, EBRT External beam radiation therapy, EPIC Expanded prostate cancer index composite, FACIT-Fatigue Functional assessment of chronic illness therapy – fatigue scale, IPAQ International physical activity questionnaire, IPSS International prostate symptom score, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, PSQI, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, SF-36 36-item short form health survey
  2. aAssessment after 4 weeks of radiation therapy (only for participants with >20 radiation fractions)
  3. bAssessment 3 months after completion of radiation therapy
  4. cAssessment 2 years and 5 years after completion of radiation therapy
  5. dSeries of standard tests including 400-meter walk (cardiorespiratory fitness), 1-repetition maximum chest press and leg press (muscle strength), repeated chair rise (functional capacity), timed up-and-go (mobility)