Lifestyle Intervention for High Risk Cancer Survivors
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01508273 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 11, 2012
Last Update Posted : December 2, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer | Behavioral: Exercise Program Behavioral: Website Behavioral: Exercise DVD Behavioral: Survey Behavioral: Self-Report Assessments | Not Applicable |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1150 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Supportive Care |
Official Title: | Development of an Aerobic and Resistance Training Feasibility Study for a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of Breast Cancer Survivors |
Study Start Date : | May 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Exercise Intervention Program Group
At baseline study visit, participant shown how to complete the physical exercises performed while on study. Pedometer received to track physical activity. Resistance training bands given to use as part of the home-based exercise program. At the baseline study visit, directions received on how to use the study website. Access given to website that will allow tracking of exercise behavior and help set goals. Access given to an internet-based curriculum that will help teach about goal-setting, overcoming barriers to physical activity, self-management strategies, and time-management skills. Participant asked to visit website every week. Participant records activity and the number of steps taken every day on the website. Survey completed monthly about attitudes and beliefs about physical activity.
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Behavioral: Exercise Program
Resistance training bands, guidebook, and pedometer given at baseline visit. Internet-based curriculum access given to teach goal-setting, overcoming barriers to physical activity, self-management strategies, and time-management skills. Access given website that will allow participant to track exercise behavior and help set goals. Behavioral: Website Website access given that allows participant to track exercise behavior and help to set goals. Behavioral: Survey Exercise Intervention Program Group : Survey completion monthly about attitudes and beliefs about physical activity. Sedentary Behavior and Dietary Intervention Group: Survey completion monthly attitudes and beliefs about sedentary behavior and dietary intake. |
Sedentary Behavior and Dietary Intervention Group
Access given to internet-based curriculum to help teach about goal-setting, overcoming barriers to physical activity, self-management strategies, and time-management skills. Participants read information about improving the quality of their diet and cutting back on sedentary behavior. Participants record on the website how much television watched and how many fruits and vegetables eaten every day. Survey completed monthly about attitudes and beliefs about sedentary behavior and dietary intake.
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Behavioral: Website
Website access given that allows participant to track exercise behavior and help to set goals. Behavioral: Survey Exercise Intervention Program Group : Survey completion monthly about attitudes and beliefs about physical activity. Sedentary Behavior and Dietary Intervention Group: Survey completion monthly attitudes and beliefs about sedentary behavior and dietary intake. |
Experimental: Chair-based Study Group
Patients participate in chair-based exercise study. Participants receive chair-based exercise DVD. Chair-based exercise program participation for a total of 8 weeks. Participants receive self-report assessments about quality of life and asked to participate in physical assessments of their balance and coordination.
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Behavioral: Exercise DVD
Participants receive chair-based exercise DVD. Participants in this chair-based exercise program for a total of 8 weeks. Behavioral: Self-Report Assessments Self-report assessments given about quality of life and physical assessments of balance and coordination. |
- Health Behaviors of Breast Cancer Survivors [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Data collected from mail-based surveys (n = 1,000) to assess intervention preferences, physical activity (PA), health related quality of life (HRQOL), and mediators of change (e.g., self-efficacy).
- Home-Based Exercise Feasibility [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Rates of recruitment (% recruited out of the total number invited), retention (% completing the 6-month intervention), adherence (% completing 100% of study requirements), satisfaction, adverse events, and barriers to a home-based aerobic and resistance-training program.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-80 years old at diagnosis
- diagnosed with operable invasive cancer
- have access to high speed internet
- Phase 2 only: be currently sedentary (i.e., engage in < or = 60 minutes of purposeful moderate-intensity PA/week)
- Phase 2 only: be overweight or obese (i.e., have a body mass index (BMI) > or = 25 kg/m^2)
- speak English
Exclusion Criteria:
- watch less than 3 hours of television per day
- be currently enrolled in another intervention study or recently completed a study promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors (diet and/or exercise)
- participants answering 'Yes' to one or more of the questions on the physical activity readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q) will need to obtain approval from a physician before they can participate in the intervention.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01508273
United States, Texas | |
The University of North Texas Health Science Center | |
Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76107 | |
Memorial Herman Health Care System | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 | |
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 |
Principal Investigator: | Richard A. Hajek, PHD, MS, BA | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Additional Information:
Responsible Party: | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01508273 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2011-0743 K01CA158000 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) NCI-2014-02453 ( Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP ) |
First Posted: | January 11, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 2, 2016 |
Last Verified: | December 2016 |
Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Survivors High risk cancer survivors Stage II to IIIC breast cancer African American AA Hispanic Non-Hispanic White Operable invasive breast carcinoma |
Aerobic and resistance training Pedometer Telephone Counseling Calls Physical activity report PAR Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast FACT-B Health related quality of life HRQOL |
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |