Improving Adherence to ACS Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity in Latinas With Cancer and Their Informal Caregivers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

This research study is testing the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week intervention that integrates telephone coaching and printed materials about the ACS guidelines and healthy lifestyle behaviors in order to manage symptoms after treatment for cancer. We will recruit 57 dyads (the survivor plus one identified informal caregiver) from the community.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04314479

Run by

University of Arizona

People needed

144

Starts

2018-03-15

Expected to finish

2019-06-16

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients
• Female
• at least 18 years of age
• diagnosis of cancer
• speak and understand English or Spanish
• are finishing (or have finished) curative intent cancer treatment and do not have any subsequent cancer treatments planned, except for hormonal therapy or trastuzumab for breast cancer.
• Patients must also have at least 1 of the 5 most common cancer-related symptoms (pain, sleep disturbance, anxiety, depression and/or fatigue) with a severity score of 4 or higher (2 or higher for depression) on a 0-10 rating scale which is based on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for symptom monitoring.
• Caregivers
• must be 18 years or older
• able to speak and understand English or Spanish
• not currently treated for cancer preserving the distinction between survivor and caregiver.

Where it is running

• University of Arizona Cancer Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States

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