Physical Activity for Advanced Stage Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT02015936

Last Updated: 2022-06-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 10 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-12-12
• Study Completion Date: 2021-10-21

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand if a home-based physical activity program can improve symptoms and physical function among patients with advanced stage cancer.

Detailed Description

This program includes use of the Nintendo Wii Fit™Plus (Wii Fit) and home visits by a nurse. The same nurse will attend all of the visits.

Conditions

Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Prescriped Physical Activity

Physical fitness evaluation followed by prescribed physical activity and progress reporting.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Six Week Physical Activity Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Tailored Wii Fit prescription based on physical fitness assessments and a schedule of six home visits by an oncology RN.

Progress Reporting

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants will keep a log to record the physical activities they have done with the Wii Fit during the 6-week period. Audio-recording may be included for quality control. Self-report data will be collected by Internet surveys through the University of South Florida (USF) Health Qualtrics application at baseline (T1) and at 6 weeks post-intervention (T2). The nurse will take small amount of the participant's hair (20 strands) for a hormone test during the first visit and last visit.

Interventions

Six Week Physical Activity Intervention

Tailored Wii Fit prescription based on physical fitness assessments and a schedule of six home visits by an oncology RN.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Progress Reporting

Participants will keep a log to record the physical activities they have done with the Wii Fit during the 6-week period. Audio-recording may be included for quality control. Self-report data will be collected by Internet surveys through the University of South Florida (USF) Health Qualtrics application at baseline (T1) and at 6 weeks post-intervention (T2). The nurse will take small amount of the participant's hair (20 strands) for a hormone test during the first visit and last visit.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

documentation; self-reporting; questionnaire

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• have stage III or IV cancer diagnosis
• able to understand English
• have a Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score of 60% (able to care for most of the personal needs)
• have fatigue and/or two other target symptoms
• have been cleared by their provider to engage low to moderate intensity physical activities

Exclusion Criteria

• are hospitalized
• have lesion or metastasis of bone
• have a cardiac pacemaker
• have a history of seizure or loss of consciousness
• have been using a Wii Fit
• diagnosed cognitive impairment

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of South Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Hsiao-Lan Wang, Ph.D., RN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of South Florida

Locations

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Tampa, Florida, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

MCC-17389

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id