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Survivorship Care Plan in Promoting Physical Activity in Breast or Colorectal Cancer Survivors in Wisconsin

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Cancer Survivor
Stage IIC Colorectal Cancer
Stage IIIA Colorectal Cancer
Stage IA Breast Cancer
Stage IIA Colorectal Cancer
Stage IIB Colorectal Cancer
Stage IIIB Breast Cancer
Stage IIIC Breast Cancer
Healthy Subject
Stage I Colorectal Cancer
Interventions
Other: Educational Intervention
Other: Internet-Based Intervention
Device: Monitoring Device
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Registration Number
NCT02677389
Lead Sponsor
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Brief Summary

This randomized pilot clinical trial studies how well survivorship care plan works in promoting technology-based physical activity in breast or colorectal cancer survivors in Wisconsin. A survivorship care plan may help doctors to better understand how they can help people who have been diagnosed with cancer to become more physically active. It is not yet known whether a standardized cancer survivor plan used as part of routine care or a technology-based physical activity intervention is better in promoting physical activity in breast or colorectal cancer survivors.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Establish the feasibility of enrolling breast and colorectal cancer survivors along with a co-survivor into a randomized physical activity promotion trial.

II. Determine the short-term effect of an enhanced survivorship care plan (SCP) compared to the standard SCP on objectively-measured physical activity among survivors and co-survivors.

OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I (Enhanced SCP): Participants receive an enhanced SCP, comprised of a personalized document that summarizes treatment and follow up recommendations, including basic physical activity guidance. Participants also receive a copy of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as standardized emails with wellness tips and information on stress management provided from the American Heart Association's website on "Healthy Habits" at 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks. Specific topics in emails include "positive self-talk", "daily relaxation breathing techniques", "better sleep", and "ways to find pleasure". Participants also wear a Fitbit web-integrated physical activity tracker daily for 12 weeks and receive email feedback specific to each participant based on a series of factors, including their Fitbit data, Emails may provide encouragement, such as "keep up the good work", and/or very specific instructions regarding compliance with the intervention, goals for meeting physical activity goals, potential strategies to increase/maintain levels of physical activity, etc., and technical or how-to support including how to use the device and website, or questions about goal-setting.

ARM II (Control): Participants receive a standard SCP, comprised of a personalized document that summarizes treatment and follow up recommendations, including basic physical activity guidance. Participants also receive a copy of the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as standardized emails with wellness tips and information on stress management provided from the American Heart Association's website on "Healthy Habits" at 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks. Specific topics in emails include "positive self-talk", "daily relaxation breathing techniques", "better sleep", and "ways to find pleasure".

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • CRITERIA FOR SURVIVORS:

    • Have a diagnosis of stage I-III female breast cancer or colorectal cancer within the past 5 years; bilateral or multiple primary breast cancers are permitted; individuals who have had more than one type of cancer (e.g., both breast and melanoma) are permitted as long as the breast (or colorectal) diagnosis meets the other criteria and primary treatment for any cancer is not ongoing
    • Have completed primary treatment for their cancer; primary treatment will be defined as having completed all (a) definitive cancer surgery, (b) (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy, and/or (c) (neo)adjuvant radiation; breast cancer patients still receiving adjuvant endocrine or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) targeted therapies are eligible, as would colon cancer patients receiving a targeted agent; if there is any question whether a patient meets this eligibility requirement, Dr. Tevaarwerk (co-I, Oncology) will adjudicate
    • Are willing to attempt increase in physical activity level
    • Have a co-survivor (friend or family member) willing to participate in this research study
  • ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BOTH SURVIVORS AND CO-SURVIVORS:

    • Have high-speed access to the internet at home or work; This could be broadband, digital subscriber line (DSL), and/or access on a smartphone or tablet via a wireless provider
    • Fluent in English
    • Willing and able to attend study visits at the University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison
    • Co-survivors must be over the age of 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA SPECIFIC TO SURVIVORS:

    • Survivors must not have evidence of recurrent or metastatic disease
    • Survivors must not have previously received an SCP or are unwilling to receive one
    • Survivors must not be performing >= 100 minute (min)/week of moderate-vigorous physical activity
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR BOTH SURVIVORS AND CO-SURVIVORS:

    • Conditions that would interfere with the safety of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity; participants will be screened for safety using the validated Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)
    • Any physical or mental health condition that would interfere with full participation in the study, including individuals who are unable to read consent materials or appear to lack the capacity to consent
    • Any individual considered to be that of a "vulnerable group", including pregnant women and prisoners

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm I (Enhanced SCP)Internet-Based InterventionSee Detailed Description
Arm I (Enhanced SCP)Educational InterventionSee Detailed Description
Arm I (Enhanced SCP)Questionnaire AdministrationSee Detailed Description
Arm II (SCP)Educational InterventionParticipants receive a standard SCP, comprised of a treatment and follow up recommendations, including basic physical activity guidance, copy of the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as standardized emails with wellness tips and information on stress management provided from the American Heart Association's website on "Healthy Habits" at 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks. Specific topics in emails include "positive self-talk", "daily relaxation breathing techniques", "better sleep", and "ways to find pleasure".
Arm I (Enhanced SCP)Monitoring DeviceSee Detailed Description
Arm I (Enhanced SCP)Quality-of-Life AssessmentSee Detailed Description
Arm II (SCP)Quality-of-Life AssessmentParticipants receive a standard SCP, comprised of a treatment and follow up recommendations, including basic physical activity guidance, copy of the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as standardized emails with wellness tips and information on stress management provided from the American Heart Association's website on "Healthy Habits" at 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks. Specific topics in emails include "positive self-talk", "daily relaxation breathing techniques", "better sleep", and "ways to find pleasure".
Arm II (SCP)Questionnaire AdministrationParticipants receive a standard SCP, comprised of a treatment and follow up recommendations, including basic physical activity guidance, copy of the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as standardized emails with wellness tips and information on stress management provided from the American Heart Association's website on "Healthy Habits" at 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks. Specific topics in emails include "positive self-talk", "daily relaxation breathing techniques", "better sleep", and "ways to find pleasure".
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Feasibility as defined by recruitment rateUp to 12 weeks

Measures include recruitment rate (ability to recruit ≥5 patients per month to the study), retention rate (ability to collect all measures on ≥80% of randomized patients) and patient satisfaction with SCP, Fitbit, and physical activity intervention materials, both overall and by cancer type (breast/colon).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Physical activity as measured by the ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer (Arm II)Up to 12 weeks

ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer will be compared between the arms (intervention and control) using a mixed effects model for repeated daily measures at week 0 (baseline) and week 12. Explanatory factors will be study week, measurement day and the randomization group by week interaction (the primary parameter of interest).

Physical activity as measured by the ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer (Arm I)Up to 12 weeks

ActiGraph accelerometer will be compared between the arms (intervention and control) using a mixed effects model for repeated daily measures at week 0 (baseline) and week 12. Explanatory factors will be study week, measurement day and the randomization group by week interaction (the primary parameter of interest).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center

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Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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