Educational Materials Development for Physical Activity in CAncer

Mixed Cancer Clinical Trial

— EDuCA  

Official title:

E.D.u.CA: a Guidebook to Increase Physical Activity Level in Cancer Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04213235
• Other study ID #: 67002
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: December 2019
• Source: Universita di Verona
• Contact: Alice Avancini
• Phone: 3403624264
• Email: alice.avancini[@]univr.it
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In cancer setting, physical exercise has emerged as an important factor to control cancer-related symptoms and improve patients' quality of life. In addition, the correlation between physical activity and survival is recently consolidating. Nevertheless, several previous studies have shown that the majority of cancer patients are insufficiently active. Written information, for example a guidebook, may be a good oppurtunity, to improve lifestyle. Developing and testing an exercise guidebook, based on Theory of Planned Behavior and specifically designed for cancer patients, may be an effective tool to deliver information and increase physical activity level in this population.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• signed informed consent;

• confirmed cancer diagnosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

• sufficient physical activity level.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mixed Cancer

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Physical activity
The participants will receive the written exercise guidebook and a counselling by kinesiologist. Moreover, they will be instructed how to increase their physical activity level.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	University of Verona	Verona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universita di Verona

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical activity level - using Godin's Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ)		Change from baseline physical activity level at 4 weeks
Secondary	quality of life - using European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire" (EORTC QLQ C-30)		Change from baseline physical activity level at 4 weeks
Secondary	Sedentary behavior - using Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire (SBQ)		Change from baseline physical activity level at 4 weeks