Barriers Affecting Physical Activity

December 15, 2021 updated by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Cancer Patients' Reported Frequency and Barriers to Physical Activity

The goal of this research study is learn about how often cancer patients engage in physical activity using the exercise behavior questionnaire.

This is an investigational study.

Up to 200 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

If participant agrees to take part in this study, participant will complete a series of questionnaires about exercise and participant's symptoms and physical abilities. These should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Additionally, demographic information (such as participant's age, race, sex, zip code, specifics about participant's cancer type and care) will be collected from participant's medical record.

Participant will complete the questionnaires 1 time, and participation in this study will be over after that.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

200

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • MD Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient must be 18 years of age or older.
  2. Patient must be able to understand, read, write and speak English.
  3. Patient must be able to sign an Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with physical limitations (visual, cognitive, motor impairment) causing inability to read, complete or sign the consent form and survey.
  2. Wheelchair bound patients who spend all of their day in bed or wheelchair
  3. Patients who the attending physician deems unable to participate due to acute physical distress.
  4. Previously filled out (EBBS and Stanford) surveys in the Supportive Care Clinic

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Cancer Patients in Supportive Care Clinic (SCC)
Behavioral: Questionnaires
Participants complete a series of questionnaires about exercise, symptoms, and physical abilities. These should take about 5 minutes to complete.
Other Names:
  • Surveys

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Cancer Patients Who Report Engaging in Physical Activity Using the Stanford Patient Education Research Center Exercise Behaviors Survey
Time Frame: 1 day
Patients who report activity 1-3 hrs per week in any of the 6 questions or combination of any of these 6 questions are considered as engaging in physical activity
1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Amy Ng, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 20, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 12, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

November 12, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 20, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 20, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

June 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 17, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 15, 2021

Last Verified

December 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2017-0993
  • NCI-2018-01526 (Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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