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Survival time was analyzed using the Cox proportional hazard model with the period between the beginning of the trial and death as underlying time scale.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>68 men (61.8%) and 42 women (38.2%) were randomized either to the intervention (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 56) or the control (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 54) group. The inter-group difference for changes in BMI and body composition was not statistically significant after 3 months. Handgrip strength improved significantly from 34.4 \u00b1 10.2 kg to 36.3 \u00b1 9.9 kg at 3 months in the intervention compared to 33.9 \u00b1 9.2 kg to 34.9 \u00b1 9.1 kg in the control group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.006). The analysis of survival time showed no inter-group difference for all patients. A detailed analysis for different diagnoses showed that in patients with lung cancer, the covariates \u201cCRP value,\u201d \u201cdays from first diagnosis to randomization\u201d as well as \u201cgender\u201d were significantly associated with survival time. Patients with higher CRP value had a shorter survival time and female patients had a shorter survival time than male patients in our analysis. In addition, patients with pancreatic cancer randomized to the control group had a 20% shorter survival time than those in the intervention group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.048).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The pooled analysis showed a significant improvement of handgrip strength in advanced cancer patients through the implementation of a combined therapy. Handgrip strength is of prognostic significance in hospitalized patients due to its association with mortality and morbidity. However, no improvements in further tests were detected. 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