Leading Healthy Eating and Activity Promotion Program

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Cancer Survivor; Cancer; Oncology

• Registration Number: NCT06868524
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

The goal of the LEAP project is to improve the health and well-being of cancer survivors and their co-survivors living in persistent poverty areas by providing healthy behavior change support. This will be done by engaging the community in adapting beneficial approaches for promoting healthy diet and regular physical activity into a program for cancer survivors and co-survivors that is appropriate for the persistent poverty context and social determinants of health.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Study First Submitted: 2025-03-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-05
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-05
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-08
• Study Start: 2025-06-26
• Primary Completion: 2029-03-01
• Study Completion: 2029-03-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Between the ages of 18 and 89
• English speaking
• Resident of Birmingham area or surrounding community
• History of any type of cancer or the friend or family with of a cancer survivor

Exclusion Criteria

• Serious difficulty hearing
• History of dementia or organic brain syndrome
• On primary treatment for cancer
• No other other medical, psychological, or social characteristic that would interfere with participation in evaluation

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of participants that meet the dietary guidelines for healthy diet	Baseline, 12-weeks	Measuring the number of participants that meet the dietary guideline's recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake and added sugar.
Number of participants that meet the recommended minutes of physical activity per week	Baseline, 12-weeks	Measuring physical activity from one-week of wearing an accelerometer
Overall quality of life score	Baseline, 12-weeks	self reported survey to collect data about physical, mental, and social health on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being excellent and 1 being poor
Change in BMI	Baseline, 12-weeks	Trained research staff will measure height using portable stadiometer (baseline only; no shoes) and weight using portable calibrated scale (light clothing without shoes) to calculate BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States