Physical Activity Promotion in Cancer Follow-Up Care
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer
In brief
This study aims at testing the efficacy of a physical activity (PA)intervention in an outpatient oncology setting. We plan to compare Brief Advice for PA (MD advice plus contact control) vs. Extended Advice (MD advice plus telephone-based PA counseling by research staff) over 3 months among 300 women who have completed treatment for breast cancer in the past 2 years. Specific Aims: The primary aim is to examine the effects of oncologists' advice on PA plus telephone counseling (Extended Advice) vs. oncologists' advice (Brief Advice) alone on minutes of moderate-intensity PA at 3 months among 300 sedentary women who have completed treatment for breast cancer. Secondary aims include examining a) the effects of the two interventions on participants' moderate-intensity PA at 6 and 12 months, b) the effects of the interventions on participants' physical functioning, fatigue, vigor and quality of life (QOL) at 3, 6 and 12 months, and c) the acceptability of the interventions to the oncologists and the usefulness of the interventions to patients.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00230711
- Run by
- The Miriam Hospital
- People needed
- 300
- Starts
- 2004-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-11-30
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- female aged >18 years, 2) completed primary and adjuvant treatment for breast cancer (patients on hormone treatment such as Tamoxifen will be eligible). Women on chemotherapy will become eligible 6 months after treatment completion, and will remain eligible up to 10 years posttreatment; 3) <10 years since treatment completion, 4) able to read and speak English, 5) provide consent for medical chart review to extract disease and treatment variables, 6) able to walk unassisted, are 7) sedentary defined as: currently not meeting ACSM/CDC criteria (Pate et al, 1995) for moderate-intensity activity (>30 mins. per day on >5 days per week) or vigorous-intensity activity (>20 mins. on >3 days per week), and 8) have access to a telephone. -
Where it is running
- Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Miriam Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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