Status:
COMPLETED
The Effects of Exercise Training on the Health-related Fitness of Colon Cancer Survivors
Lead Sponsor:
AHS Cancer Control Alberta
Conditions:
Colonic Neoplasms
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Recent studies have suggested that individuals diagnosed with colon cancer who are inactive and/or overweight, may have poorer survival outcomes. Exercise training has been shown to improve fitness an...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Histologically confirmed Stage II or III colon cancer diagnosis
- Less than or equal to 1 year since the completion of all adjuvant treatment
- Negative Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) or completed Physical Activity Readiness Medical Examination (PARmed-X) form
- 18 years of age or older
- Ability to understand and provide written informed consent in English
- Willingness to be randomized
- Willingness to complete outcome measures at each assessment time point
- Available for the duration of study intervention period
- Able to travel to our fitness centre 3/week for the study period
Exclusion
- Any absolute contraindication to to exercise testing or training
- Evidence of active disease (metastatic, recurrent, or unresectable colon cancer)
- Any uncontrolled medical condition or psychiatric illness that would prevent completion of the exercise program or interfere with the study assessments
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
52 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00813540
Start Date
March 1 2009
End Date
May 1 2012
Last Update
March 11 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Cross Cancer Institue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 1Z2