Clinical trial · Interventional
Harvesting Health Program in Improving Diet and Physical Activity Level in Cancer Survivors
Harvesting Health for Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Project
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This pilot clinical trial studies the Harvesting Health Program in improving the diet and physical activity level of cancer survivors. Nutrition and physical activity classes and the opportunity to harvest fruits, vegetables, and herbs may increase participants' fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity levels. Studying the participation rates and changes in participants' eating and physical activity habits may help doctors learn whether the program has an effect on participant lifestyle.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Survivor | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (6)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| education | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| exercise intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| laboratory biomarker analysis | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| nutrition intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| quality-of-life assessment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive Care (Harvesting Health program)
- description
- Participants undergo a series of 10 education and training sessions over 1 hour every 2 weeks, comprising education on current research, evidence-based health guidelines, application techniques, reference materials specific to extended-stage cancer survivors, and recommendations and personal health goals for survivorship. The guidelines described in class are part of a nutrition intervention and an exercise intervention with personal and group goal setting over the course of the study.
- interventionNames
- Other: education
- Other: nutrition intervention
- Behavioral: exercise intervention
- Other: questionnaire administration
- Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
- Other: quality-of-life assessment
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Percentage of sessions attended, as measured by mobile scanner
- timeFrame
- Up to 6 months
- description
- Analyzed with standard descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency (mean and/or median) and spread (standard deviation, quartiles, minimum and maximum) will be reported.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntary agreement to participate and sign an informed consent document * Adults with the ability to read, write, and speak English who have access to the internet * Cancer survivors who have completed active cancer treatments within the previous 12 months extended-stage survivors) * Survivors must have a computer with internet access and an active email account * Participants must refrain from traveling for more than 3 weeks total during the intervention period * Participants who are undergoing long-term hormone therapy (i.e., tamoxifen) are permitted to enroll Exclusion Criteria: * Cancer survivors who are cognitively unable to consent or have physical or mental limitations that would prevent full participation in the program * Adults receiving active treatment including surgery, neoadjuvant hormonal, chemotherapy, or radiation * Survivors with pre-existing medical conditions that preclude unsupervised physical activity (i.e., severe orthopedic conditions, impending hip or knee replacement, paralysis, unstable angina, dementia, or recent history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, pulmonary conditions that require oxygen, or hospitalization within six months) * Adults taking any medication that do not allow for increased intake of fruits and vegetables (i.e., pharmacologic doses of warfarin) * Survivors currently involved in other clinical trials * Long-term cancer survivors (\> 12 months post treatment) * Those planning to start certain medications after the trial enrollment or use of non- prescription substances (i.e. saw palmetto and other herbal or alternative products) * Survivors with active metabolic or digestive illnesses such as malabsorptive disorders (Crohn's, celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome \[IBS\]), renal insufficiency, hepatic insufficiency, cachexia, or short bowel syndrome * Pregnant women will be excluded from the study
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDSpees CK, Braun AC, Hill EB, Grainger EM, Portner J, Young GS, Kleinhenz MD, Chitchumroonchokchai C, Clinton SK. Impact of a Tailored Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention for Overweight Cancer Survivors on Dietary Patterns, Physical Activity, Quality of Life, and Cardiometabolic Profiles. J Oncol. 2019 Nov 21;2019:1503195. doi: 10.1155/2019/1503195. eCollection 2019. PMID 31871455