Can a telehealth delivered exercise program with nutritional advice be as effective as a supervised clinic-based exercise and nutrition program for weight loss and health enhancement in overweight and obese men with prostate cancer?
- Conditions
- Prostate CancerPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitationCancer - Prostate
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621001312831
- Lead Sponsor
- Edith Cowan University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 104
One-hundred and four overweight/obese men (52 participants per arm) undergoing treatment or previously treated for prostate cancer involving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) will be identified and recruited through attending physicians (general practitioner / radiation oncologist / urologist), specialist nurses, advertisements in local newspapers and presentations at cancer support groups and related events in Western Australia.
Inclusion criteria are: 1) body fat percentage great than or equal to 25%, and 2) ability to walk 400-m.
Exclusion criteria are: 1) acute illness or any musculoskeletal, cardiovascular or neurological disorder that could inhibit exercise performance or put participants at risk from exercising, and 2) inability to read and understand English.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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