Strength for Health
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Colon Cancer
In brief
Despite a robust literature on the benefits of exercise for cancer survivors, most of the research to date falls in two primary areas - aerobic exercise and breast cancer survivors. The focus on aerobic training alone is a concern as resistance training is critical for building the muscle mass necessary to maintain physical function. However, concerns have been raised about the potential for higher than tolerated adverse event rates during resistance training, particularly that which is unsupervised, despite a history of safe use of resistance training in other chronically diseased patient populations. The aim of this pilot study is to demonstrate the feasibility, safety and quality of life benefit of a home-based resistance-training program among colorectal cancer survivors. The investigators will recruit n=30 men and women with stage I-III colon cancer. Participants will be randomized to a home-based exercise intervention that combines aerobic and resistance exercise. Control arm participants will receive a home-based meditation program.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01882972
- Run by
- Loyola University
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2013-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- stage I-III colorectal cancer
- completed surgical treatment
- at least 12 weeks post-surgery.
- at least 4 weeks post adjuvant therapy.
- age 18 and older.
You may not qualify if…
- patients who had surgery more than 24 months ago.
- patients with related pre-existing conditions (i.e., Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, familial polyposis syndromes).
Where it is running
- Loyola University Chicago — Maywood, Illinois, United States
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