Exercise Training Among Men With Prostate Cancer
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Prostatectomy
In brief
The primary objective is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a home-based endurance exercise program among men diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00620932
- Run by
- Duke University
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2008-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-10-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Legal age (>18 years old)
- An interval of at least 6 weeks between prior radical prostatectomy and study enrollment
- Karnofsky performance status of at least 70% at study entry
- Estimated life expectancy of ≥6 months
- Ability to read and understand English
- Attending urologist approval
- Signed informed consent
- Willingness to be randomized; and
- No contraindications to exercise as recommended by the American Thoracic Society
You may not qualify if…
- Acute myocardial infarction (6 weeks)
- Unstable angina
- Uncontrolled arrhythmias causing symptoms or hemodynamic compromise
- Syncope
- Acute endocarditis
- Acute myocarditis or pericarditis
- Uncontrolled heart failure
- Acute pulmonary embolus or pulmonary infarction
- Thrombosis of lower extremities
- Suspected dissecting aneurysm
- Uncontrolled asthma
- Pulmonary edema
- Room air desaturation at rest ≤85%
- Respiratory failure
- Acute noncardiopulmonary disorder that may affect exercise performance or be aggravated by exercise; and
- Mental impairment leading to inability to cooperate
Where it is running
- Duke University Medical Center Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
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