FitEx for Endometrial Cancer Survivors

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a physical activity tracking program called FitEx would be useful to endometrial cancer survivors. Each interested endometrial cancer survivor will recruit 1 to 5 additional friends/family members to participate in the intervention with them, forming a team.

Each team will be randomized to FitExEC (control group) that receives FitEx for endometrial cancer survivors, or FitExEC+yoga (experimental group) that receives FitEx for endometrial cancer survivors plus yoga cueing. FitExEC is based on FitEx, a program used to encourage adults to improve their fruit and vegetable intake while increasing their physical activity. FitEx works by having participants join a team with their friends and loved ones, so they can support one another in meeting their goals. In this study, teams of endometrial cancer survivors/support members will receive watches that track how much they walk.

Each day, participants record how much exercise, how many fruits, and how many vegetables they've eaten that day for a total of 8 weeks. Participants will be encouraged to attend a virtual session 15 minutes per week that will focus on 1-mile worth of exercise points (all control) or 15 minutes of yoga (all experimental) followed by 15 minutes of support (endometrial cancer survivors only \[control and experimental survivors in different groups\]).

Participation in the study lasts roughly 10 weeks, and participants will be followed for 6 months afterward. The investigators think that FitEx may help people with endometrial cancer improve their daily physical activity and slowly improve their health and quality of life. The investigators hypothesize this intervention is feasible and acceptable to Carilion Clinic endometrial cancer survivors.

Conditions

• Quality of Life
• Cancer of Endometrium
• Behavior, Health
• Self Efficacy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

FitEx

FitEx is an 8 week goal-setting, behavior tracking, physical activity intervention with a low dose of social support which will be delivered virtually.

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly Yoga Sessions

30 minutes of optional guided yoga online led by a 500 hour yoga teacher once a week for participants in the walking plus yoga arm. Also accompanied by a yoga based newsletter.

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly Movement Sessions

30 minutes of optional guided movement online led by a 500 hour yoga teacher once a week for participants in the walking arm. Also accompanied by a movement based newsletter.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  collaborator OTHER

• Carilion Clinic

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Shannon Armbruster, MD, MPH · Carilion Clinic Physician

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-07-28

Primary Completion

2021-10-30

Completion

2022-05-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations