Status:

COMPLETED

FOcus on Reducing Dose-limiting Toxicities in Colon Cancer With Resistance Exercise Study

Lead Sponsor:

Kaiser Permanente

Collaborating Sponsors:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Penn State University

Conditions:

Resistance Training

Colon Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

FORCE is a randomized home-based resistance training/strength training (RT) intervention study for Stage II and III colon cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Participants will be 180 newly diagn...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men and women ≥18 years
  • Newly diagnosed with histologically confirmed stage II-Ill colon cancer
  • Completed curative-intent surgical resection
  • Currently prescribed one of the following adjuvant chemotherapy regimens: (IV 5-fluorouracil \[5-FU\] / leucovorin \[LV\], capecitabine, FOLFOX \[5-FU, LV, oxaliplatin\], CAPOX \[capecitabine and oxaliplatin\]
  • Patients must have started chemotherapy or plan to start with receipt of the first exercise visit by 3rd infusion visit. Patients enrolled at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and who are receiving FOLFOX chemotherapy are eligible to enroll in the pharmacokinetics sub-study.
  • No planned major surgery anticipated in the intervention period
  • Sufficient time to heal from any major surgery to start of intervention, including colostomy reversal (port-a-cath removal excluded)
  • Approval by either oncologist or surgeon to participate in trial
  • Readiness as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document in English
  • Willingness to be randomized

Exclusion

  • Concurrent actively treated other cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer or localized prostate cancer treated with surveillance only)
  • Patients with untreated hypertension (\>180 mm Hg systolic or \>100 mm Hg diastolic) appearing in the patient's medical record in the two weeks prior to screening
  • Presence of metastatic disease
  • Current strength training \>2x week for the past 3 or more months
  • Patients enrolled in other clinical trials of weight loss, physical activity or dietary interventions are ineligible.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 23 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 21 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

183 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03291951

Start Date

February 23 2018

End Date

March 21 2022

Last Update

July 28 2022

Active Locations (3)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (3 locations)

1

Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

Oakland, California, United States, 94612

2

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

3

Penn State Cancer Institute

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033