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GET FIT Together: Testing a Socially Enhanced Exercise Program in Older Men With Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Summary
This clinical trial tests the impact of different levels of social support on the benefits of exercise in older men with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer survivors (PCS) experience fatigue, weakness, muscle loss, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, and pain that can contribute to worsening function and increased levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Men rarely access psychosocial support services for their mental health and may conceal their feelings from their spouse and family leading to feelings of isolation and cancer loneliness that are in turn linked to poor health outcomes, including fatigue, pain, sleep problems, anxiety and depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation and all-cause mortality. This trial compares a socially-enhanced supervised group exercise program to a supervised group exercise program with no social enhancement, and an unsupervised home-based program on cancer loneliness, social isolation, mental and physical health in older PCS. A socially-enhanced supervised group exercise program may reduce feelings of cancer loneliness in PCS.
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
65 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
150
Start Date
2026-03-02
Completion Date
2029-06-30
Last Updated
2026-04-01
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Communication Intervention
Participate in pre-exercise social time
Exercise Intervention
Participate in online supervised group exercise training
Exercise Intervention
Participate in independent exercise training
Physical Performance Testing
Ancillary studies
Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
Training and Education
Attend training sessions with an exercise trainer
Locations (1)
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Portland, Oregon, United States