Rehabilitation - Physical Activity and Coping

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Cancer Survivors
• Interventions: Behavioral: Exercise training

• Registration Number: NCT04245943
• Lead Sponsor: Haukeland University Hospital

Brief Summary

The project is a non-randomized intervention study with group-based physical exercise. Cancer survivors who have participated in the rehabilitation program at the Center for Education and Rehabilitation are included in the study.

The cancer and cancer treatment have led to patients struggling with physical, mental and social late effects which prevent them from functioning in everyday life and return to work. The purpose of the project is to investigate whether one municipal group training measure can help to lower the threshold for the user to maintain good exercise habits and return to work / everyday life, as well as the effect on the user's physical form and quality of life and the transition between health level and the body itself measure.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-07-22
• Primary Completion: 2019-08-26
• Study First Submitted: 2020-01-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-01-26
• Study First Posted: 2020-01-29
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-27
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-28
• Study Completion: 2024-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years
• Women and men
• Regardless of cancer diagnosis
• Resident in Bergen municipality
• Finishes their rehabilitation at The Cancer Center for Education and Rehabilitation spring/summer 2019.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who do not speak or understand Norwegian
• Unable to express themselves in writing
• Unable to perform basic daily tasks
• Display cognitive disorder or severe emotional instability
• Suffer from other debilitating illnesses / conditions that may inhibit physical exercise (heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, orthopedic conditions, neurological disorders or the like) will be excluded from the study. -

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exercise	Exercise training	18 weeks supervised strength and aerobic exercise training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Objectively recorded physical activity level	18 weeks	Change in objectively recorded physical activity level, measured with the SenseWear ™ Mini Armband (SWA) (BodyMedia Inc. Pittsburgh, PA, USA) as average minutes of moderate- to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) from before intervention to after completion of the intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in maximal oxygen uptake measured by VO2max	18 weeks	Change in VO2max, measured by a maximal incremental exercise test on a treadmill, from before training intervention to post training intervention.
Change in maximal strength	18 weeks	Change in 1 repetition maximum strength in upper and lower body measured from before intervention and after completion of the intervention.
Change in quality of life measured by Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)	18 weeks	Change in scores on the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) from before intervention to after completion of the intervention.
Change in fatigue scores using the Chalder Fatigue Questionaire (FQ)	18 weeks	Change in scores on the Chalder Fatigue Questionaire (FQ) from before intervention to after completion of the intervention.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Helse Bergen,; 🇳🇴 Bergen, Norway