The effect of a 10 week exercise intervention on cancer related fatigue in cancer survivor’s with documented fatigue compared to a 10 week health education programme

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer related fatigue in post treatment cancer survivors; Cancer

• Registration Number: ISRCTN58635908
• Lead Sponsor: Waterford Institute of Technology

Brief Summary

2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32020356/ (added 14/10/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-06-08
• Study Completion: 2017-12-01
• Last Update Posted: 24 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 37

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women and men
2. Aged 18 or older
3. Breast, colorectal and prostate cancer survivors
4. At least 6 weeks but not more than 10 years following the completion of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy (to allow for stabilisation of fatigue following treatment) but not excluding those on ongoing hormonal therapy
5. Ongoing fatigue (FACT-F score <45) (the lower the score the higher the fatigue)
6. Currently undertaking less than 90 min or more of moderate intensity exercise weekly

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to travel for testing and to group exercise/health education sites
2. GP unwilling to provide medical clearance for moderate intensity exercise
3. Orthopaedic limitations that render participant unable to participate in a class-based moderate intensity exercise programme
4. Currently undertaking 90 min or more of moderate intensity exercise weekly

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fatigue is measured using the FACT-F measured at baseline, week four, week eight, post intervention and at six month follow up.