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COBRA: Cancer, Older Adults, Balance and Resistance Activities

Description

The purpose of this study is to find out whether an 8-week digital health promotion program called COBRA is a safe and practical (feasible) option for older adults with cancer/OAC.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to find out whether an 8-week digital health promotion program called COBRA is a safe and practical (feasible) option for older adults with cancer/OAC.

COBRA: Cancer, Older Adults, Balance and Resistance Activities

COBRA: Cancer, Older Adults, Balance and Resistance Activities

Condition
Primary Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Middletown

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent only), Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748

Montvale

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only), Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645

Commack

Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Consent Only), Commack, New York, United States, 11725

Harrison

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only), Harrison, New York, United States, 10604

New York

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activites), New York, New York, United States, 10065

Uniondale

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent Only), Uniondale, New York, United States, 11553

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. For the purpose of this study, primary therapy is defined as treatment of curative intent, first-line or later, from which the individual is advancing to active surveillance or follow-up with or without maintenance therapy.
  • 2. Individuals with metastatic cancer may be included provided they have stable disease or better per most recent restaging exam at time of enrollment.
  • * Are aged 65 years and older, with no upper age limit;
  • * ECOG PS 0-3 or Karnofsky PS greater than or equal to 40;
  • * Can read and speak English;
  • * Self-report access to internet connection sufficient to support videoconferencing.
  • * Licensed clinician (MD, RN, APP) with an interest in the care of older adults with cancer.
  • * Have any cognitive impairment, neurologic, musculoskeletal, or other comorbid condition (as assessed by their provider) that would prevent the individual from engaging with the digital health coaching program or complete study assessments or engage in progressive intensity levels of physical activity
  • * Have a neurologic, musculoskeletal, or other comorbid condition that would impede their ability to safely engage in progressive intensity levels of physical activity (as assessed by their provider). Patients with metastatic disease and suspected interim progression since last restaging exam will be referred back to their primary oncology care team for evaluation prior to enrollment.
  • * Have activity restrictions post-surgery at the time of enrollment

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,

Kristen Fessele, PhD, RN, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

2027-05-30