Active Living After Cancer: Implementation Within Be Well Acres Homes

Part of paid clinical trials in Houston, Texas.

Sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Study ID
NCT06907706
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cancer
  • Fatigue

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Physical Activity/Physical Functioning — BEHAVIORAL
    The physical activity portion of the program sessions focuses on teaching cognitive and behavioral skills to increase physical activity, including goalsetting, self-monitoring, overcoming barriers to physical activity, enlisting social support, and how to handle "high risk" situations that may result in relapses to a sedentary lifestyle. The health educator teaches participants about various forms of moderate intensity activity and has them practice brief bouts of activity of various types to ensure that they are doing the activities safely and correctly. Each week participants receive a handout to provide information about the behavioral skill taught that week. The program also provides activity trackers (week 1) and resistance bands (week 5). The pedometer assists participants in self-monitoring their activity, and the resistance bands provide a form of home-based exercise that participants can do even with limited space.
  • Quality of Life — BEHAVIORAL
    The survivorship portion of the program features a guided discussion on a different topic each session. The goals of the discussion are to present information about the topic, answer participants' questions about the topic, encourage participants to share solutions and ideas relevant to the topic with each other, and provide information on community resources participants can access if they require additional help. The health educator makes a brief presentation about the topic, answers questions, and then asks a series of 2-3 open-ended questions to facilitate discussion about the topic. At the end of the session, the health educator navigates participants who need additional information or service related to the topic to resources in the community.

Study Details

The goal of this research study is to learn more about a physical activity program adapted for cancer survivors.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 3, 2023
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2028
Completion
Apr 30, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
164 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention
    Receives the ALAC intervention following the baseline assessment
  • Active Comparator: Waitlist Control
    Receives the ALAC intervention following the 3-month assessment

Primary Outcome Measure

Re-AIM Framework [ Time Frame: Through study completion; an average of 1 year. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexas77090
Karen Basen-Engquist, BA,MPH,PHD
[email protected]
713-745-3123
Karen Basen-Engquist, BA,MPH,PHD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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