Community-Based Exercise and Nutrition Training and Education Program for Cancer Survivors

Study Summary

This clinical trial evaluates whether a supervised community-based exercise and nutrition program is usable and effective for improving cancer survivors' confidence for maintaining their physical activity and nutrition. Cancer survivors often experience problems with the musculoskeletal system (bones, joints, muscles, connective tissue), the cardiopulmonary system (heart, blood vessels and lungs) and the metabolic system (how the body's cells change food into energy) following treatment. There is substantial evidence that physical activity, diet, and weight management can improve quality of life (emotional and physical well-being) and physical fitness. Information gathered from this study may help researchers determine whether participating in a community-based exercise/nutrition training and education program may improve levels of fitness, cardiovascular health, and quality of life for cancer survivors.

Primary Outcome

Feasibility will be defined as the proportion of patients still on study at the end of the 12 weeks intervention. The feasibility rate will be estimated using a 90% credible region obtained by Jeffrey's prior method. The lower bound will define a plausible lower limit for true (unobserved) feasibility rate. Will be summarized using the appropriate descriptive statistics and graphical summaries. Continuous variables will be summarized using the mean, median, standard deviation, and percentiles. C

Conditions Studied

Interventions

• OTHER Questionnaire Administration
• OTHER Exercise Intervention
• OTHER Medical Device Usage and Evaluation
• OTHER Physical Performance Testing
• OTHER Nutritional Intervention

Study Locations (1)