RISE - Reduce Sitting Time Among Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT ID: NCT05260723

Last Updated: 2023-05-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 21 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-03-29
• Study Completion Date: 2023-05-07

Brief Summary

This 3-month study will test whether a program to reduce sitting time, for breast cancer survivors experiencing some physical limitations, can improve their physical function and other important aspects of quality of life.

Detailed Description

Many cancer survivors experience long-term physical problems following their cancer treatments and can often seem much older than same age peers who were never treated for cancer. This is known as accelerated aging. One way to improve accelerated aging is to increase moderate to vigorous intensity exercise; however, for many cancer survivors, especially those with physical limitations, increasing exercise levels is not possible. Another potential way to improve accelerated aging may be to decrease the amount of time spent sitting. Long periods of sitting are related to many physical and health problems. Cancer survivors spend more than 9 hours a day sitting and often increase the amount they sit after their cancer treatments. This study could help identify realistic intervention targets for many cancer survivors and be used to guide recommendations for improving physical function and quality of life after cancer.

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Sedentary Time; Breast Cancer

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Sit Less

The primary goal of the Sit Less arm is to reduce the total amount of time spent sitting each day and break up prolonged bouts of sitting.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Sit Less

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Sit Less arm uses habit formation, social cognitive theory, and motivational interviewing techniques to support behavior change and includes: 1) 7 health coaching sessions to set personalized goals and review progress; 2) wearing an activPAL (thigh worn accelerometer that measures sitting time); 3) intervention tools to support behavior change (e.g., standing desk, wrist worn monitor).

Interventions

Behavioral: Sit Less

The Sit Less arm uses habit formation, social cognitive theory, and motivational interviewing techniques to support behavior change and includes: 1) 7 health coaching sessions to set personalized goals and review progress; 2) wearing an activPAL (thigh worn accelerometer that measures sitting time); 3) intervention tools to support behavior change (e.g., standing desk, wrist worn monitor).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Breast cancer survivors (stages I-IV) at least 1 year post active treatment (e.g., chemotherapy, radiotherapy)
• Breast cancer was treated with chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, and/or endocrine therapy
• self-report difficulties with physical function
• self-report low levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity
• self-report high levels of sitting time

Exclusion Criteria

• medical condition that interferes with ability to safely stand or stay balanced
• other cancer diagnoses that occurred after their breast cancer diagnosis
• Stage IV breast cancer with brain metastases or less than 12 months life-expectancy
• unable to commit to a 3-month study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of California, San Diego

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Sheri Hartman

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Moores UCSD Cancer Center

La Jolla, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

PILOT 171548

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id