Exercise to ReGain Stamina and Energy (The EXERGISE Study)

Part of paid clinical trials in Gainesville, Florida.

Sponsor
University of Florida
Study ID
NCT05684367
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
60 Years - 105 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Center-Based Walking Exercise — BEHAVIORAL
    Each exercise session will begin with a short warm-up followed by 30 min of walking. Participants will initially be instructed to walk at a moderate intensity, equivalent to a 5-6 on Borg category-ratio (CR) scale. Participants will be encouraged to, if possible, incorporate brief periods of vigorous walking (7-8 on CR10 scale) with a goal of achieving at least 10 min of vigorous walking per session.
  • Home-Based Walking Exercise — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will be asked to walk for exercise in their community five days/week. Participants will be instructed to begin with 10-15 minutes of walking exercise/session in the first month of the intervention and to increase exercise duration by five minutes/session each week, facilitating reasonable but steady progress toward the goal of 30 minutes per session.

Study Details

About 20%-70% of breast cancer survivors experience fatigue after cancer therapy. Because epidemiologic evidence shows that old age is a risk factor for fatigue in adults with cancer history, older breast cancer survivors suffer from even more fatigue than younger survivors. The purpose of this study is to test types of walking exercise interventions and their ability to reduce fatigue in older breast cancer survivors.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 29, 2023
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2026
Completion
Aug 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
24 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Center-Based Walking Exercise
    Subjects will be randomly assigned to receive a center-based walking exercise intervention 3 days per week for the duration of the study.
  • Experimental: Home-Based Walking Exercise
    Subjects will be randomly assigned to walk for exercise in their community five days/week.

Primary Outcome Measure

Self-Reported Fatigue [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 8 ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Institute on Aging; University of FloridaGainesvilleFlorida32611
Stephen D Anton, PhD
[email protected]
352-273-7514
Stephen D Anton, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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