Interactive Cancer Communication System (ICCS) Directed Physical Activity Enhancement for Colon Cancer Survivors

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Colon Cancer

In brief

This study will develop and test the benefits of a new ICCS (Interactive Cancer Communication System), a mobile Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (Survivorship CHESS) in colon cancer survivors. Survivorship CHESS will provide information, tools, and a support system based on our previous work with FRESH START and CHESS, two highly successful interventions that have promoted lifestyle change among cancer patients and survivors. Survivorship CHESS will be designed to help subjects develop 1) competence in information gathering, decision-making, and behaviors they are trying to change, 2) social support systems to help deal with the cancer experience, and 3) autonomy that comes with regaining a sense of control over their lives; this in turn, will help them adopt or maintain healthy lifestyle behaviors and improve their quality of life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01133132

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

34

Starts

2010-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-09-18

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-18

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of stage I-III loco-regional colon cancer within the previous 12 months with no evidence of recurrence or new cancers. Participants may be recruited at any time after the initial diagnosis (up to 12 months). Baseline data collection will occur no earlier than 6 weeks after completion of adjuvant treatment
• At least 21 years of age
• Able to speak and read English (educational attainment of at lease 6th grade)
• Engaged in physical activities less than 8 metabolic equivalent tasks (METs) per week
• Not Homeless

You may not qualify if…

• Pre-existing medical condition(s) that preclude adherence to an unsupervised exercise program which includes subjects with severe orthopedic conditions or scheduled for a hip or knee replacement within six months; paralysis; end-stage renal disease; dementia; as well as subjects who have unstable angina or who have experienced a heart attack; congestive heart failure or pulmonary conditions that require oxygen or hospitalization within six months; or uncorrected vision or hearing problems or other ergonomic conditions that would preclude the use of the smart phone.

Where it is running

• Hartford Hospital — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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