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A Motion Exergaming Approach for Symptom Management: HNC

NCT04632654 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2025-10-15

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Summary

This overall objective of the RCT is to test an intervention to overcome the PA barriers for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients during the first 6 months after their treatment. PAfitME stands for a personalized Physical Activity intervention with fitness graded Motion Exergames. PAfitME is delivered via a tested mix of FaceTime calls and home visits, uses commercially available exergaming platforms (Nintendo Switch). We propose the following specific aims: (1) When compared to an attention control group, determine the effect of PAfitME on fatigue and musculoskeletal pain at week 6, when controlling for age and sex; (2) when compared to an attention control group, determine the effect of PAfitME on functional status and QOL at week 6, when controlling for age and sex; and (3) explore if PA self-efficacy, PA enjoyment, and exergame minutes mediate the effect of PAfitME on fatigue and musculoskeletal pain. This study will evaluate 150 post-treatment (radiation, chemotherapy, or chemoradiation) HNC patients in an RCT with an attention control. For 6 weeks, the experimental (PAfitME) group will receive the PAfitME intervention, and the attention control group will receive NCI-based survivorship education and exergame equipment. For Aims 1 and 2, using an intention-to-treat framework, we will fit a series of linear mixed effects models with each of the outcome variables. For Aim 3, we will conduct our exploratory analyses in ml\_mediation (STATA 15), which will compute direct and indirect effects for multi-level data.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A personalized Physical Activity intervention with fitness graded Motion Exergames (PAfitME)

A total of 7 weekly intervention sessions will occur in a period of 6 weeks. Week 0 is a setup session conducted at the participant's home, including equipment set up, safety instruction, personalized exergame prescription development, exergame physical activity practice, discussion of barriers and strategies, and Q\&A session. Weeks 1 and 2 are coaching sessions delivered by the interventionist using the FaceTime application in iPad, including exergame minutes and prescription review, exergame physical activity practice, discussion of barriers and strategies, and Q\&A session. Week 3 is a progress session conducted at the participant's home. The personalized exergame prescription will be adjusted. This session also will include exergame minutes review, exergame physical activity practice, discussion of barriers and strategies, and Q\&A session. Weeks 4 and 5 are the same as weeks 1 and 2. Week 6 is the final session. Exergame platform will be picked up at the participant's home.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hsiao-Lan Wang, Ph.D. · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-21
Primary Completion
2026-11-30
Completion
2026-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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