NCT02015936

Physical Activity for Advanced Stage Cancer Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand if a home-based physical activity program can improve symptoms and physical function among patients with advanced stage cancer.

Detailed description

This program includes use of the Nintendo Wii Fit™Plus (Wii Fit) and home visits by a nurse. The same nurse will attend all of the visits.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Six Week Physical Activity Intervention	Tailored Wii Fit prescription based on physical fitness assessments and a schedule of six home visits by an oncology RN.
OTHER	Progress Reporting	Participants will keep a log to record the physical activities they have done with the Wii Fit during the 6-week period. Audio-recording may be included for quality control. Self-report data will be collected by Internet surveys through the University of South Florida (USF) Health Qualtrics application at baseline (T1) and at 6 weeks post-intervention (T2). The nurse will take small amount of the participant's hair (20 strands) for a hormone test during the first visit and last visit.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-12
• Primary completion: 2015-09-14
• Completion: 2021-10-21
• First posted: 2013-12-19
• Last updated: 2022-06-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States