Recruiting

Exercise & Relaxation

Sponsor:

The Miriam Hospital

Code:

NCT00801008

Conditions

Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 39

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Exercise and relaxation intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to develop an exercise and relaxation program for young adults (age 18 to 39) who have completed their treatment for cancer.

Conditions

Cancer

Study ID

NCT00801008

Start date

Jul, 2009

Status verified date

Apr, 2012

Completion date

Dec, 2013

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2013

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 39

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age 18 to 39
  • diagnosed with any form of cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)
  • diagnosed between age 18 and 39 in the past 10 years
  • completed all surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy
  • currently in a cancer remission
  • able to speak and write English fluently
  • sedentary (i.e., not regularly physically active)
  • not currently engaging in a relaxation strategy
  • score above a cutoff on a fatigue screener

Exclusion Criteria:

  • the intention to get pregnant
  • the presence of a known medical condition or history of severe psychiatric illness that would make participation dangerous or very difficult

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Exercise and Relaxation Intervention

Participants in this arm will receive a 12 week exercise and relaxation intervention

no intervention: Wait List Control Condition

Participants in this arm will be offered the exercise and relaxation intervention after a 12 week delay.

Interventions

Exercise and relaxation intervention

Comparison of an exercise and relaxation intervention to a wait-list control condition

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility measure: number of counseling sessions delivered [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  • Acceptability measure: response to the item "In general how satisfied were you with the intervention?" [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Carolyn Rabin, PhD

(401)793-8234CRabin@lifespan.org

Locations

Miriam Hospital

Recruiting

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903

Contacts

Carolyn Rabin, PhD

401-793-8234CRabin@lifespan.org

Principal Investigator:

Carolyn Rabin, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

The Miriam Hospital

Last update posted

Apr 20, 2012

Last verified

Apr, 2012

Keywords

  • young adult
  • cancer
  • exercise
  • relaxation

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Miriam Hospital on 2012-04-20.