NCT02191982

The Effect of Walking on Fatigue After Chemotherapy in Patients 65 and Older

A Randomized, Wait-list Controlled Clinical Trial: the Effect of a Physical Activity Program on Fatigue After Potentially Curative Chemotherapy Among Cancer Survivors Age 65 or Older -- PACT (Physical Activity After Chemotherapy)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will look at the impact of a self-directed walking program on post-chemotherapy survivors experiencing fatigue. It is hypothesized that the walking program will help lessen fatigue.

Detailed description

The investiagors propose to evaluate the impact of a home-based self-directed walking program on post-chemotherapy fatigue among 150 cancer survivors age 65 and older -- Senior Physical Activity after Chemotherapy (S-PACT). Participants must have potentially curable cancer, moderate to severe fatigue (score of 4 or higher on the Brief Fatigue Inventory), currently exercise less than 120 minutes per week and have completed chemotherapy treatment (radiation treatment must also be completed if it is part of the patient's treatment plan) within the last 6 weeks. The design is a randomized controlled trial, with participants randomized to a 3-month physical activity program (intervention group) or to wait-list control (this group begins the walking program at 3 months post-randomization). The primary objective is to compare the change in fatigue scores from baseline to 3 months between the intervention and wait-list control groups.

Conditions

• Cancer
• Geriatric
• Fatigue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Walk With Ease	Walk With Ease is the Arthritis Foundation's evidence-based walking intervention to help with fatigue and pain. The intervention is a self-directed program that helps guide participants in a safe and comfortable paced walking program with an ultimate goal of walking for 30 minutes a day, five days a week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2017-08-01
• First posted: 2014-07-16
• Last updated: 2017-09-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States