Lifestyle-modifying Interventions in Low-risk MDS Patients (MDS-LIME)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Myelodysplastic Syndromes focused on measuring Myelodysplastic syndrome, fasting-mimicking diet, physiotherapy, lifestyle modification, inflammation, metabolism
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-75 years of age
- Cytomorphologically confirmed MDS or MDS/MPN according to WHO criteria (incl. MDS-RARS-T, CMML)
- IPSS-R very low, low, or intermediate
- Hemoglobin <11 g/dL (6.8 mmol/l)
- Non-transfusion dependent (NTD) per IWG 2018 criteria (≤2 blood transfusions within 16 weeks prior to inclusion in the study)
- ECOG≤2
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 20 kg/m2
- Written informed consent of the subject after clarification
Exclusion Criteria:
- AML
- MDS IPSS-R high or very high
- History of HSCT
- MDS-specific drug therapy (including erythropoietin, erythropoiesis-modulating agents, lenalidomide, iron chelation, hypomethylating agents) ongoing or planned in the next 6 months
- Diabetes mellitus requiring therapy or any other known metabolic disease
- Application of systemic cortisone-containing drugs
- Known psychiatric eating disorder (e.g. anorexia nervosa, bulimia)
- Physical inability to follow the physical and/or nutritive interventions
- simultaneous participation in another interventional clinical trial (including within the last 4 weeks before inclusion)
- addictions or other illnesses that do not allow the person concerned to assess the nature and extent of the clinical trial and its possible consequences
- pregnant or breastfeeding women
- indications that the subject is unlikely to adhere to the protocol (e.g., lack of compliance)
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
FMD first
Physiotherapy first
Patients receive nutritional counselling on the principles of the FMD diet and individual recommendations for optimising the micronutrient balance (vitamins, trace elements) based on their corresponding baseline values. A food diary is given to the patients to assess treatment adherence on FMD days. This is followed by a combined nutritive and physiotherapeutic interventions from week 13 for a further 3 months. Patients will be instructed about ambulatory exercises during a physiotherapeutic counselling, scheduled in week 13. Physiotherapy exercises should only be carried out on FMD-free days. Patients also receive a diary in which they document daily physical activity.
Patients receive physiotherapy counselling, with structured ambulatory exercises shown and explained. The patients receive a diary where they have to document their physical activity every day. This is followed by a combined nutritive and physiotherapeutic interventions from week 13 for a further 3 months. For this purposphe, nutritional counselling on the principles of the FMD diet is planned for week 13. In addition, individual recommendations for optimising the micronutrient balance (vitamins, trace elements) are given based on the respective baseline values. The physiotherapeutic exercises are to be carried out only on FMD-free days. Patients will also be given a food diary to assess treatment adherence on FMD days.