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Old 10-21-2014, 04:15 AM   #1
Paula O
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Exercise Research Study in Central IL and AL

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"Survivors in central IL and central AL—We need YOU to evaluate a new physical activity program!

We need women who live in central Illinois or central Alabama who have been diagnosed with Stage 0 (DCIS), I, II, or IIIa breast cancer who are NOT currently receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy to participate in a study exploring the effects of a new exercise program.

Many women find that breast cancer affects their quality of life both during and after treatment. Research has shown that physical activity after breast cancer improves quality of life, reduces fatigue, and may reduce a woman’s risk of breast cancer recurrence or death. But if you are like most breast cancer survivors, you probably don’t get enough physical activity. That’s why researchers are trying to develop programs that can help breast cancer survivors adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle.

This study is evaluating a new program called BEAT Cancer. It was developed by a research team at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, IL, and they hope it will help increase physical activity adherence among breast cancer survivors.

Please read on to learn more about what’s involved and who can participate. If this study isn’t the right fit for you, please pass it on to women you know in the central Illinois or central Alabama area!

What's the study about?

This study is evaluating the effectiveness of the BEAT Cancer program and comparing unique metabolism measurement tools not previously available for this type of physical activity study in cancer survivors. The research team will compare the effects of the intervention to usual care (written materials about exercise for cancer survivors) on short- and longer-term physical activity adherence among breast cancer survivors.
What's involved?

If you agree to participate in the BEAT Cancer Study you will be contacted by phone to answer questions about your breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, medical history, and physical activity history. If you are eligible, and if you decide to join the study, you will then be randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to one of two groups.

If you are assigned to Group A, the exercise intervention study group, you:

• Will be asked to go to the study site to participate in 12 individual exercise sessions with an exercise specialist. The sessions will include stretching exercises and an aerobic component, such as treadmill walking.

• Will be asked to go to the study site to attend six discussion group sessions with a professional counselor. These meetings will occur in the early evenings on a weekday.

• Will be asked to go to the study site to attend three face-to-face counseling update sessions with an exercise specialist after you have completed the 12 exercise sessions.

• Will be asked to perform unsupervised exercise at home.

• Will receive written materials about exercise for cancer survivors.

• Will complete assessments at four time points: before you begin the BEAT Cancer program; after month 3; after month 6; and after month 12.
- The assessment panels for baseline, months 3 and 6 include: resting metabolic rate analysis, doubly labeled water analysis (the gold-standard of measuring energy metabolism); a walking treadmill test; measurement of your height, weight, waist, and hips; completion of questionnaires, a 5-day activity phone app and diet records; wearing a motion sensor for ten days and nights [this small device (similar to a pedometer) measures your activity and is worn around your waist]; and recording the times you go to and get up from bed during the days you wear the motion sensor.
- The assessment panel for month 12 includes: a walking treadmill test; measurement of your height, weight, waist, and hips; completion of questionnaires.

If you are assigned to Group B, the usual care group, you:

• Will receive written materials about exercise for cancer survivors.

• Will complete assessments at four time points: before you begin the BEAT Cancer program; after month 3; after month 6; and after month 12.
- The assessment panels for baseline, months 3 and 6 include: resting metabolic rate analysis, doubly labeled water analysis (the gold-standard of measuring metabolism); a walking treadmill test; measurement of your height, weight, waist, and hips; completion of questionnaires, a 5-day activity phone app and diet records; wearing a motion sensor for ten days and nights [this small device (similar to a pedometer) measures your activity and is worn around your waist]; and recording the times you go to and get up from bed during the days you wear the motion sensor.
- The assessment panel for month 12 includes: a walking treadmill test; measurement of your height, weight, waist, and hips; completion of questionnaires.

• Will receive the option of receiving tailored exercise recommendations and three individual sessions with an exercise specialist up to 3 months after the completion of the program.

The researchers need to enroll up to 356 women in this study.
Who is conducting the study?

Edward McAuley, PhD, at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in Urbana, IL and Laura Rogers, MD, MPH, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Where?

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Who can participate?

You can join the BEAT Cancer Study if you match ALL of these MAIN categories:

• You are a woman between 19 and 70 years old
• You have been diagnosed with Stage 0 (DCIS), I, II, or IIIa breast cancer at some point in your life (NOT including metastatic disease)
• You are NOT currently receiving (and do not plan to receive during the study) chemotherapy or radiation therapy (it is OK if you are taking longer term therapies such as aromatase inhibitors, estrogen receptor modulators, etc.)
• You have NOT been exercising, on average, more than 60 minutes per week at a moderate intensity or 30 minutes per week at a vigorous intensity for the past six months
• You are physically able to walk
• You do NOT have a diagnosis of dementia or organic brain syndrome
• You agree to allow study staff to request and obtain medical clearance for study participation from your primary care physician or oncologist
• You speak English
• You live near the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in Urbana, IL OR the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

After you RSVP, the researcher will ask you additional questions to be sure that this study is a right fit for you."

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