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Vegetable Garden Feasibility Trial to Promote Function in Older Cancer Survivors

NCT02150148 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2016-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cancer survivorship has been claimed a national priority, with a call to develop effective interventions that can prevent, delay, or mitigate the adverse effects and comorbidities in this high risk population. Strong evidence exists that a healthful diet and regular physical activity can prevent many chronic diseases and improve physical function. More research however is needed to develop interventions that can produce long-term adherence to healthful lifestyle behaviors. This pilot study is based on the hypothesis that vegetable gardening interventions will be feasible and result in improvements in diet and exercise behaviors as well as improvements in physical functioning and well-being.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Experimental: Mentored Gardening Intervention

receives raised bed or earthboxes and gardening supplies and instruction on vegetable gardening

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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