Distance-Based Exercise to Preserve Function and Prevent Disability
Eligible age
18+ yrs
Accepts
All genders
Locations
4 states
Healthy volunteers
No
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About this study
This clinical trial studies whether an exercise program can be successfully delivered to patients receiving treatment for cancer through virtual sessions and allow patients to exercise in their own home. Treatments for cancer can cause side effects such as fatigue and loss of strength. These side effects can make it difficult to work, take care of family, and do other things the patient wants to do. Preliminary research shows that exercise can help prevent some of these side effects, but it can be more difficult to start an exercise program when a patient is receiving cancer treatment. The exercise program in this study is delivered through telehealth (TH) video calls. The TH sessions are delivered by trained staff that supervise resistance exercises. The trained staff also provide guidance to the patient on completing unsupervised aerobic sessions on their own. This may be a successful way to deliver an exercise program and make it easier for cancer patients to exercise in their own home during treatment.
Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
You may qualify if…
- ✓ REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (STEP 1): Participants must have histologically confirmed diagnosis of one of the following cancers: anus, bladder, breast, cervix, colon/rectum, endometrium, esophagus, gallbladder, head/neck, kidney, liver, lung, ovary, pancreas, prostate, sarcoma, stomach
- ✓ REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (STEP 1): Participants must be initiating outpatient cytotoxic chemotherapy for curative intent of at least 10 weeks duration (with or without concurrent radiation, immunotherapy, or other targeted therapy). Patients must be enrolled and baseline measures collected on or before administration of their second cycle of cytotoxic therapy. Patients receiving outpatient cytotoxic chemotherapy for curative intent in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting are eligible. Patients receiving definitive chemoradiation for the tumors listed above, are also eligible. Regimens of immunotherapy or monoclonal antibodies ONLY are not eligible
- ✓ REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (STEP 1): Age 18-64 years
- ✓ REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (STEP 1): Patients cannot have metastatic cancer
- ✓ REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (STEP 1): Patients cannot have documentation in the medical record of severe cardiovascular, respiratory or musculoskeletal disease or joint problems that preclude moderate physical activity. Examples would include unstable angina, recent myocardial infarction, oxygen-dependent pulmonary disease, and osteoarthritis requiring imminent joint replacement. Moderate arthritis that does not preclude physical activity is not a reason for ineligibility
- ✓ REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (STEP 1): Patients cannot be pregnant, because this study involves remotely delivered exercise, and cannot be breast-feeding as patients must be receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy, during which breast-feeding is contraindicated
- ✓ REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (STEP 1): Patients cannot have documentation in the medical record of current alcohol, substance abuse, or dementia
- ✓ REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (STEP 1): Engaged in full time gainful employment of at least 30 hours per week at the time of cancer diagnosis
You may not qualify if…
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Where it's recruiting
Dublin · Fremont · Fresno · Modesto …
Boston
Kernersville · Mount Airy · Winston-Salem
Butler · Indiana · New Castle · Pittsburgh …
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT07059884 · last updated 2026-08-05