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Exercise and QUality Diet After Leukemia: The EQUAL Study
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The EQUAL study has been designed for adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who are overweight or obese. The purpose of this study is to see if diet and exercise can help people lose weight and improve other health problems. This two year study will compare two methods of informing participants about ways to lose weight.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
358
Start Date
2014-09
Completion Date
2025-07-16
Last Updated
2026-07-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
individual diet & physical activity counselor and website through Healthways at Hopkins
Phone and web-based weight loss intervention (via Healthways at Hopkins counselor and website) focused on increasing physical activity and adhering to a healthy diet. Participants will log diet, physical activity, and weight in web-hub. Counselors will have access to this information to direct participants to goals and achievements.
self directed weight loss
Participants will be given information and links to CDC and American Cancer Society recommendations for healthy eating and physical activity.
questionnaires
Participants will complete behavioral questionnaires as well as diet and physical activity assessments through CCSS-based study website as baseline, 12 and 24 months.
fasting blood draw, measurement of height, weight and waist circumference, and blood pressure
During three time periods, at baseline and at 12 and 24 months.
Locations (2)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, United States