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Trying Activity in Kidney Cancer Survivors (TRACKS) Trial

NCT01571401 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2013-06-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find out if a new program can help kidney cancer survivors (KCS) increase their physical activity (PA) and improve their quality of life (QoL).

Methods: Fifty KCS will be recruited from a previous study using the Alberta Cancer Registry. Participants will undergo submaximal exercise testing, a physical function test and measures of height and weight, which will be completed at baseline and the end of the physical activity program (at 12 weeks). Participants will also complete questionnaires on PA and QoL at the baseline, after the supervised portion of the program (at 4 weeks), and at the end of the entire program (at 12 weeks). Following baseline assessments, participants will be randomly assigned to either: (1) supervised physical activity plus traditional exercise counseling or (2) supervised physical activity plus behavioural counseling. Participants will be asked to attend six individual supervised exercise and counseling sessions over a 4-week period with a PA specialist that eventually tapers to a home-based program by the end of the program.

Implications: The investigators hope that this PA intervention for KCS is feasible and results in meaningful improvements in health outcomes that can be translated to public health practice.

Conditions

  • Supervised Physical Activity Plus Exercise Counseling
  • Supervised Physical Activity Plus Behavioural Counseling

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Trying Activity for Kidney Cancer Survivors (TRACKS) Trial

Participants in both arms will be provided with six individual supervised exercise sessions with a physical activity specialist that will taper to an unsupervised program by the end of the intervention. Over the 4-week period, both groups will be required to attend two sessions per week for weeks 1-2, and one session per week for weeks 3-4 at the Behavioural Medicine Fitness Centre at the University of Alberta. In order to achieve the PA guidelines established by the current public health recommendations, additional unsupervised sessions will be prescribed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Linda Trinh, MA · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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