Linking In With Advice and Supports for Men Impacted by Metastatic Cancer

Summary

To evaluate the feasibility of introducing a men's cancer survivorship programme into routine follow up care in patients with advanced genitourinary malignancies.

Conditions

• Survivorship
• Prostate Cancer
• Kidney Cancer
• Urothelial Tract/Bladder Cancer, Nos
• Testicular Cancer
• Penile Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

Physiotherapy

participant will have 2 x 1h exercise classes per week with a physiotherapist, who will develop individualized plans based on medical history and scan reviews. Participants will be progressively guided through the programme, incrementally increasing in intensity or with modifications based on symptomatic presentation. This will be based on their baseline strength and cardiovascular fitness testing and grounded on evidence-based protocols previously demonstrating an effect in this patient population. Individualised tailored exercise programme which includes strength and conditioning.

OTHER

Dietitian Support

The main goal of the nutritional intervention is to improve the diet quality of each patient using a standardized nutrition assessment, offering evidence-based diet group education and developing personalized nutrition goals. Participants will be progressively guided through the nutrition education programme; with modifications to the individual's usual diet, thereby recognizing personal eating patterns and preferences, which form the basis for individualized dietary counselling. The dietary counselling identifies the type, amount, and frequency of feeding and specifies the caloric/protein level to attain, together with any restrictions and limited or increased individual dietary components.

OTHER

Nursing and Psychosocial

Nursing, Psycho-oncology, pastoral care and social work-led sessions to inform participants on items including diagnosis shock, acceptance, coping with relationship changes with their partner and their roles, fear of uncertainty and the future, medication management, masculinity (male values being strong, capable, independent), practical management of bills, and household tasks. There will be an inclusion of practical information sessions including health systems information and managing side effects such as urinary symptoms, hot flushes, penile shortening, and loss of body hair.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Irish Cancer Society

  collaborator OTHER

• Cancer Research@UCC

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University College Cork

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jack Gleeson, MB · Cork University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-05-08

Primary Completion

2026-06-30

Completion

2026-06-30

Countries

• Ireland

Study Locations