Feasibility Testing of a Dyadic Exercise Program for Patients Undergoing Thoracic Radiotherapy and Their Family Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 暂停
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Quality of Life Questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of an exercise intervention for patients undergoing thoracic radiation and their family caregivers.
详细描述
Primary Objectives:
- Examine the feasibility and acceptability of an exercise program
- Examine an initial sign for intervention efficacy by examining pre/post-test scores for patients' objective physical function and patient and caregiver subjective physical and mental quality of life.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Be diagnosed with a non-small cell lung cancer or esophageal cancer and going to receive at least 24 fractions thoracic RT
- •Have an ECOG performance status of ≤2
- •Have a family caregiver (e.g., spouse, sibling, adult child) willing and able (self-identified) to participate in the exercise program
- •Both patient and caregiver must meet all the following criteria:
- •Be ≥18 years old
- •Be able to read and speak English
- •Be able to provide informed consent
排除标准
- •A patient who meets the following criteria will be excluded from participating in this study:
- •Cognitive deficits noted in the medical records and/or cognitive deficits that would impede the completion of self-report instruments as deemed by the patient's attending radiation oncologist.
- •Experiences contraindications to exercise as determined by the clinical team
- •Regularly (self-defined) participates in an exercise program in the year prior to diagnosis
- •A patient and caregiver who is pregnant (medical notes and/or self-identified, respectively) will be excluded.
研究组 & 干预措施
Exercise Protocol
The protocol will be comprised of up to 15 exercise sessions over the course of participants' 5-6 weeks radiation treatment period with each session lasting up to 60 minutes. Exercise sessions are a combination of resistance, aerobic, and flexibility training using bodyweight and/or elastic bands for resistance.
干预措施: Exercise (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Quality of Life Questionnaire
时间窗: Through study completion; an average of 1 year
Patients and caregivers will complete the Medical Outcomes. Study 36-item short-form survey (SF-36) assessing 8 distinct domains of QOL
次要结局
未报告次要终点
