Utilizing Novel Information Technology to Promote Exercise and Well-Being in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer
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Conditions studied: Adolescent, Young Adult, Cancer, Physical Activity, Psychological Distress, Social Isolation
In brief
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer have many needs for supportive care that differ from younger and older patients.This includes age-appropriate psychological support for management of distress, as well as supports for the social isolation many AYAs experience. One intervention that may provide AYAs with cancer improved psychosocial support, as well as increased physical strength, is physical activity. This feasibility project aims to evaluate the safety, feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity training in AYAs with cancer delivered via a socially interactive videoconferencing platform.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03778658
- Run by
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- People needed
- 7
- Starts
- 2020-12-15
- Expected to finish
- 2022-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-02-08
Who can join
Age: 15 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Participant age 15-21 years old at time of cancer diagnosis
- Participant diagnosis of cancer who is currently undergoing active treatment for cancer, or who is within 3 years of end of cancer treatment at the time of enrollment
- Participant receiving oncologic care at Penn State Health Children's Hospital or Penn State Cancer Institute
- Participant fluency in written and spoken English for participants >= 18 years old
- Parent and participant fluency in written and spoken English for participants < 18 years old
- Primary attending oncologist approval
- Participant must have access to a computer or smartphone
- Performance status of ECOG <= 2, and Lansky /Karnofsky scale >= 50
You may not qualify if…
- Cardiovascular or respiratory disease
- Class II, III or IV heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association functional classification system
- History of acute coronary syndromes (including myocardial infarction and unstable angina), coronary angioplasty or stenting within the past 6 months prior to the start of chemotherapy
- Uncontrolled arrhythmias
- Syncope
- Acute myocarditis, pericarditis or endocarditis
- Diagnosed with pulmonary embolism or pulmonary infarction within 3 months of enrollment
- Diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis within 3 months of enrollment
- Any history of intracardiac thrombosis
- Suspected dissecting aneurysm
- Pulmonary edema
- Respiratory failure
- Acute non-cardiopulmonary disorder that may affect exercise performance or be exacerbated by physical activity
- Altered mental status or dementia
- Mental impairment leading to inability to cooperate
- Active bleeding
- Absolute contraindication to exercise
- Hemodynamic instability
- Pregnant women
- Non-English speaking
- Recent initiation of physical activity program within last 3 months
- Patients with relapsed cancer
- Patients who have undergone allogeneic stem cell transplant
Where it is running
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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