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Improving Exercise Capacity With a Tailored Physical Activity Intervention
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Summary
The purpose of this research is to test whether participating in either a physical activity intervention or a series of educational classes will help to preserve exercise capability, heart function, brain-based activities (like memory), and quality of life. Participants will be randomized to 1 of 2 pathways: * First pathway consists of organized health workshops. These workshops are intended to provide information on topics such as proper nutrition, management of stress, sleep practices, and emphasis on a healthy lifestyle that may help the participants through cancer treatment. This pathway will also test whether stretching may help participants through cancer treatment. * Second pathway participants will take part in some unsupervised and some potentially supervised moderate activity sessions each week throughout participants' cancer treatment to take place either remotely or in person, depending on availability of facilities at the time visits are scheduled.
Official title: Improving Exercise Capacity With a Tailored Physical Activity Intervention in Lymphoma and Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 85 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
110
Start Date
2023-03-01
Completion Date
2026-08-31
Last Updated
2026-03-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Exercise with Trainerize application
1-2 sessions per week consisting of slow 15 minute aerobic warm, 20 minutes of strength training, 15 minutes progressive intensity aerobic exercise and 10 minute cool down (stretching/toning) with elastic bands.
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Maximal peak VO2 (to monitor the body's oxygen consumption) and 6-minute exercise walking test.
MRI scan
Images of the heart will be taken.
Quality of Life Questionnaires
Participants will be asked to complete several questionnaires that will measure fatigue, general health, social determinants of health, cognitive function (tasks that assess memory, ability to count, etc.) and physical activity. The questionnaires will take 15-40 minutes to complete.
Cognitive and Brain Function Questionnaires
Participants will be asked to complete several questionnaires that will measure fatigue, general health, social determinants of health, cognitive function (tasks that assess memory, ability to count, etc.) and physical activity. The questionnaires will take 15-40 minutes to complete.
Blood draws
Approximately 2 teaspoons of blood withdrawn from either a vein in your arm or a currently placed central line port-a-cath. A portion of blood from each visit will be used to collect information about blood cell count.
Locations (2)
Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States