Enhancing Exercise in Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT ID: NCT01849978

Last Updated: 2016-01-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

81 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-05-31

Study Completion Date

2015-04-30

Brief Summary

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This study will examine whether or not providing early stage breast cancer survivors with tips on making exercise more enjoyable promotes greater levels of moderate to strenuous exercise.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Study Groups

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Control arm

Participants in this arm will receive the newsletter about their reported minutes of physical activity and the benefits of physical activity specific to breast cancer survivors, and the brochure "Changing your habits," developed by the NIH.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Both groups will receive a newsletter that covers: 1) the recommendation to pursue at least 150 mins/week of moderate to strenuous intensity PA, 2) the benefits of PA specific to breast cancer survivors (e.g., reducing in death and breast cancer recurrence), and 3) their total minutes of moderate to strenuous intensity PA and how this compares to the recommendation.

Changing your habits brochure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Both groups will receive the brochure titled "Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health", developed by the NIH, that describes, based a person's stage of change, the benefits of PA, how to overcome common barriers to PA, and if ready, how to plan for PA.

Habit Formation Arm

Participants in this arm will receive all of the intervention materials.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Both groups will receive a newsletter that covers: 1) the recommendation to pursue at least 150 mins/week of moderate to strenuous intensity PA, 2) the benefits of PA specific to breast cancer survivors (e.g., reducing in death and breast cancer recurrence), and 3) their total minutes of moderate to strenuous intensity PA and how this compares to the recommendation.

Changing your habits brochure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Both groups will receive the brochure titled "Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health", developed by the NIH, that describes, based a person's stage of change, the benefits of PA, how to overcome common barriers to PA, and if ready, how to plan for PA.

Tips for making exercise enjoyable and personally-valued

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will get a list of potentially enjoyable activities and a space to list other activities after they consider aspects that can make events fun/interesting.13 Aspects to consider include: location (indoors vs. outdoors, the latter which may appeal to some), hobbies that can involve PA (e.g., sports, dancing), whether the activity is made more enjoyable by having it performed by oneself or with others (e.g., team activities vs. individual activities); what valued outcomes may be achieved (e.g., sense of competence, pride, better health, body image), accompanying activities that are pleasant (e.g., listening to music), etc.

Testimonials from breast cancer survivors

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will get two to three testimonials of actual breast cancer survivors. These testimonials will include story-like details of what these survivors find enjoyable about exercising and what they have done to make exercise enjoyable.

Interventions

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Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors

Both groups will receive a newsletter that covers: 1) the recommendation to pursue at least 150 mins/week of moderate to strenuous intensity PA, 2) the benefits of PA specific to breast cancer survivors (e.g., reducing in death and breast cancer recurrence), and 3) their total minutes of moderate to strenuous intensity PA and how this compares to the recommendation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Changing your habits brochure

Both groups will receive the brochure titled "Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health", developed by the NIH, that describes, based a person's stage of change, the benefits of PA, how to overcome common barriers to PA, and if ready, how to plan for PA.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Tips for making exercise enjoyable and personally-valued

Participants will get a list of potentially enjoyable activities and a space to list other activities after they consider aspects that can make events fun/interesting.13 Aspects to consider include: location (indoors vs. outdoors, the latter which may appeal to some), hobbies that can involve PA (e.g., sports, dancing), whether the activity is made more enjoyable by having it performed by oneself or with others (e.g., team activities vs. individual activities); what valued outcomes may be achieved (e.g., sense of competence, pride, better health, body image), accompanying activities that are pleasant (e.g., listening to music), etc.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Testimonials from breast cancer survivors

Participants will get two to three testimonials of actual breast cancer survivors. These testimonials will include story-like details of what these survivors find enjoyable about exercising and what they have done to make exercise enjoyable.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* no health restrictions on performing moderate to strenuous physical activity
* must be 18 years or older and able to give legal consent

Exclusion Criteria

* may not be participating in another research study regarding exercise
* restrictions on performing physical activity
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Isaac Lipkus, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Duke University School of Nursing

Locations

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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Pro00044422

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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