Improving Physical Activity Maintenance of Cancer Survivors

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Participants enrolled in the BfitBwell Cancer Exercise Program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center will be randomized 1:1 to receive the current BfitBwell program, or BfitBwell plus six, group-based behavior change counseling sessions adapted from BEAT Cancer. We will stratify the randomization based on sex.

Official Title
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Improving Physical Activity Maintenance Following an Exercise Program for Cancer Survivors

Conditions
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Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: BfitBwell program
* Behavioral: 6 bi-weekly PA Behavior Change counseling sessions


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: current patient at the University of Colorado Cancer Center signed physician clearance to participate in a supervised exercise program participant is actively receiving medical cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiation or surgery) OR within 6 months of receiving medical cancer treatment. Willingness to be randomized to receive six, PA behavior change counseling sessions as part of the BfitBwell program, and able to attend five out of six of these sessions
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Placebo Comparator: BfitBwell program<br>BfitBwell is a 3-month supervised exercise program for cancer survivors delivered at the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. This program has demonstrated effectiveness for improving physical fitness, fatigue, and depression among participants | Behavioral: BfitBwell program<br>* Well known behavior change strategies such as goal setting, and identifying barriers to PA can improve long term adherence to PA, and have been shown to enhance PA maintenance after completion of a supervised intervention among cancer survivors<br>|
| Active Comparator: BfitBwell + 6, bi-weekly PA Behavior Change counseling session<br>Participants randomized to BfitBwell + PA behavior change counseling sessions will receive six, 1-1.5 hour sessions lead by a Certified Exercise Physiologist, trained on the study protocol. Sessions will be held once per week, every other week at the Anschutz Health and Wellness center. Participants will attend the sessions in groups, as schedules allow. Behavior change discussion topics will target self-efficacy for exercise, barriers to exercise, goal setting, behavior modification strategies, time management, cognitive reframing, and relapse prevention. Participants in this study arm will receive a group education workbook in congruence to discussion session topics to promote notetaking, and self-reflective journaling. | Behavioral: BfitBwell program<br>* Well known behavior change strategies such as goal setting, and identifying barriers to PA can improve long term adherence to PA, and have been shown to enhance PA maintenance after completion of a supervised intervention among cancer survivors<br>Behavioral: 6 bi-weekly PA Behavior Change counseling sessions<br>* Well known behavior change strategies such as goal setting, and identifying barriers to PA can improve long term adherence to PA, and have been shown to enhance PA maintenance after completion of a supervised intervention among cancer survivors<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Examine the effects of six, group-based physical activity (PA) behavior change counseling sessions PA change from post-program, to 3-months following completion of the BfitBwell program. | The primary outcome will be self-reported weekly minutes of moderate to vigorous leisure-time PA, three-months following completion of the program, measured by the Godin Shepherd Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire | 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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active treatment, Recent treatment