Exercise and Nutrition to Improve Cancer Treatment-Related Outcomes (ENICTO)

Kathryn H. Schmitz; Justin C. Brown; Melinda L. Irwin; Kim Robien; Jessica M. Scott; Nathan A. Berger; Bette Caan; Andrea Cercek; Tracy E. Crane; Scott R. Evans; Jennifer A. Ligibel; Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt; Tanya Agurs-Collins; Karen Basen-Engquist; Jennifer W. Bea; Sheng F. Cai; Brenda Cartmel; Vernon M. Chinchilli; Wendy Demark-Wahnefried; Christina M. Dieli-Conwright; Loretta DiPietro; Shawna E. Doerksen; Sharon L. Edelstein; Joanne Elena; William Evans; Leah M. Ferrucci; Julia Foldi; Sarah Freylersythe; Helena Furberg; Lee W. Jones; Ross Levine; Chaya S. Moskowitz; Cynthia Owusu; Frank Penedo; Borsika A. Rabin; Elena Ratner; Margaret Rosenzweig; Talya Salz; Tara Sanft; Matthew Schlumbrecht; Guillaume Spielmann; Cynthia A. Thomson; Ashley H. Tjaden; Martin R. Weiser; Shengping Yang; Anthony F. Yu; Frank M. Perna

doi:10.1093/jnci/djae177

Exercise and Nutrition to Improve Cancer Treatment-Related Outcomes (ENICTO)

Kathryn H. Schmitz
, Justin C. Brown
, Melinda L. Irwin
, Kim Robien
, Jessica M. Scott
, Nathan A. Berger
, Bette Caan
, Andrea Cercek
, Tracy E. Crane
, Scott R. Evans
, Jennifer A. Ligibel
, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt
, Tanya Agurs-Collins
, Karen Basen-Engquist
, Jennifer W. Bea
, Sheng F. Cai
, Brenda Cartmel
, Vernon M. Chinchilli
, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried
, Christina M. Dieli-Conwright

Loretta DiPietro, Shawna E. Doerksen, Sharon L. Edelstein, Joanne Elena, William Evans, Leah M. Ferrucci, Julia Foldi, Sarah Freylersythe, Helena Furberg, Lee W. Jones, Ross Levine, Chaya S. Moskowitz, Cynthia Owusu, Frank Penedo, Borsika A. Rabin, Elena Ratner, Margaret Rosenzweig, Talya Salz, Tara Sanft, Matthew Schlumbrecht, Guillaume Spielmann, Cynthia A. Thomson, Ashley H. Tjaden, Martin R. Weiser, Shengping Yang, Anthony F. Yu, Frank M. Perna

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Chemotherapy treatment-related side effects are common and increase the risk of suboptimal outcomes. Exercise interventions during cancer treatment improve self-reported physical functioning, fatigue, anxiety, and depression, but it is unclear whether these interventions improve important clinical outcomes, such as chemotherapy relative dose intensity. The National Cancer Institute funded the Exercise and Nutrition to Improve Cancer Treatment-Related Outcomes (ENICTO) Consortium to address this knowledge gap. This article describes the mechanisms hypothesized to underpin intervention effects on clinically relevant treatment outcomes, briefly outlines each project’s distinct research aims, summarizes the scope and organizational structure of ENICTO, and provides an overview of the integrated common data elements used to pursue research questions collectively. In addition, the article includes a description of consortium-wide activities and broader research community opportunities for collaborative research. Findings from the ENICTO Consortium have the potential to accelerate a paradigm shift in oncology care such that patients with cancer could receive exercise and nutrition programming as the standard of care in tandem with chemotherapy to improve relative dose intensity for a curative outcome.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	9-19
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Volume	117
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djae177
State	Published - Jan 1 2025

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Schmitz, K. H., Brown, J. C., Irwin, M. L., Robien, K., Scott, J. M., Berger, N. A., Caan, B., Cercek, A., Crane, T. E., Evans, S. R., Ligibel, J. A., Meyerhardt, J. A., Agurs-Collins, T., Basen-Engquist, K., Bea, J. W., Cai, S. F., Cartmel, B., Chinchilli, V. M., Demark-Wahnefried, W., ... Perna, F. M. (2025). Exercise and Nutrition to Improve Cancer Treatment-Related Outcomes (ENICTO). Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 117(1), 9-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djae177

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