Clinical Trial: Obesity Prevention in Children and Young People Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia with ALLTogether

U.S., Feb. 27 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06846294) titled 'Obesity Prevention in Children and Young People Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia with ALLTogether' on Jan. 20.

Brief Summary: Background Leukaemia is the most common cancer in children with 800 diagnoses per year in England. To survive, children need strong treatments like chemotherapy and steroids given usually through clinical trials. The current trial used by the NHS is called ALLTogether. Fifty percent of children become obese during treatment due to increased hunger, cravings for junk foods and lack of physical activity. Obesity raises the chance of cancer relapse by 31%, makes treatment side-effects worse and makes it...