Behavioral Exercise Training to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Recruiting now · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer, Supportive Care

In brief

To test the preliminary effectiveness of a home-based exercise training (ET) intervention to improve exercise capacity (VO2 peak \& 6-minute walk distance \[6MWD\]) among prostate cancer (PC) patients compared to controls receiving healthy living education (HLE) at 12 weeks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06237179

Run by

Virginia Commonwealth University

People needed

60

Starts

2024-02-21

Expected to finish

2028-01-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-02

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 85. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Be diagnosed with stage II/III/IV prostate cancer
• Be currently undergoing treatment with ADT (intermittent or prolonged)
• Have completed local curative-intent treatment, including prostatectomy or definitive radiation;
• Be >40 years of age up to 85;
• Be willing to sign an informed consent with HIPAA authorization form;
• Not have any hearing or sight impairments that result in the inability to use the telephone or hear normal conversation;
• Must be able to join an intervention group by personal computer, smartphone or telephone call and should agree to recording of an interview;
• Be without any serious medical condition that precludes safe participation in an exercise program;
• Speak English

You may not qualify if…

• Be unable to undergo MRI (i.e., ferromagnetic materials in body, inability to lie flat, claustrophobia);
• Have contraindications to exercise testing;
• Have pre-existing overt cardiovascular disease/heart failure;
• Active illness/infection;
• Hemoglobin < 7.0 grams/dL
• Platelet count < 10 x 109/L

Where it is running

• Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center — Richmond, Virginia, United States (enrolling)
• Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center — Richmond, Virginia, United States

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