Evaluating a Physical Activity Index for Assessment and Counseling for Breast and Colon Cancer Survivors

Description

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether using the physical activity index screener, exercise coaching, and self-monitoring will increase physical activity and reduce time spent sitting or being inactive in patients who had breast or colon cancer.

Conditions

Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer

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Study overview

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether using the physical activity index screener, exercise coaching, and self-monitoring will increase physical activity and reduce time spent sitting or being inactive in patients who had breast or colon cancer.

Evaluating a Physical Activity Index for Assessment and Counseling for Breast and Colon Cancer Survivors in Clinical Practice

Evaluating a Physical Activity Index for Assessment and Counseling for Breast and Colon Cancer Survivors

Condition
Breast Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Winston-Salem

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157

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

  • * Survivors of breast or colon cancer (stages 0-III) diagnosed within the last three years prior to enrollment.
  • * Completed primary treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation) at least 3 months prior to enrollment.
  • * At least 50 years of age or older.
  • * Access to internet or cellular plan for video calls.
  • * Being willing and able to comply with the approved protocol and able to be to sign an IRB-approved informed consent document directly.
  • * Able to read and speak English
  • * Participants with metastatic disease.
  • * Participants with recurrence or diagnosis of a different cancer.
  • * Participants receiving treatment other than maintenance therapy for their primary cancer (breast or colon).
  • * Participants has prior conditions that contraindicate exercise as determined by treating physician.
  • * Participants has gross cognitive impairment as determined by treating physician.

Ages Eligible for Study

50 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Wake Forest University Health Sciences,

Shirley Bluethmann, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

2025-09