Clinical trial · Interventional
Effectiveness of Community-based Football in Prostate Cancer
Effectiveness of Community-based Football Compared With Usual Care on Quality of Life in Men With Prostate Cancer: the FC Prostate Community Randomized Controlled Trial
- 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)
Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men. Three million are currently living in the United States with the disease and this number is expected to rise to four million in 2024. Most live many years with the disease and experience significant morbidity both due to disease progression and treatment toxicity. Exercise has shown to improve QoL and reduce treatment toxicity. Moreover epidemiological evidence has suggested that physical activity improves survival. Football has been shown to induce positive effects on body composition and bone markers in a subgroup of prostate cancer patients, those receiving androgen deprivation therapy. The objective is to examine the effectiveness of football in prostate cancer survivors.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Football
- description
- Recreational football 1-hour twice weekly in a local football club on a disease specific team
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Football
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- A 15-30-minute guidance session upon group allocation to encourage engagement in the standard rehabilitation offered by the municipality
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Mean change in quality of life from baseline to week 12
- timeFrame
- 12 weeks
- description
- Assessed with Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate Questionaire
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with prostate cancer * Age ≥18 years * Able to read and understand questionnaires in Danish * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * \<6 weeks after prostatectomy * Football training disencouraged by primary physician * Osteoporosis (T-score \< -2,5) assessed by Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry at baseline
References
Publications (5)
- BACKGROUNDBjerre E, Bruun DM, Tolver A, Brasso K, Krustrup P, Johansen C, Christensen R, Rorth M, Midtgaard J. Effectiveness of community-based football compared to usual care in men with prostate cancer: Protocol for a randomised, controlled, parallel group, multicenter superiority trial (The FC Prostate Community Trial). BMC Cancer. 2016 Oct 3;16(1):767. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2805-0. PMID 27716218
- DERIVEDMidtgaard J, Tjornhoj-Thomsen T, Rorth M, Kronborg M, Bjerre ED, Oliffe JL. Female partner experiences of prostate cancer patients' engagement with a community-based football intervention: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jul 15;21(1):1398. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11448-7. PMID 34266389
- DERIVEDBjerre ED, Weller S, Poulsen MH, Madsen SS, Bjerre RD, Ostergren PB, Borre M, Brasso K, Midtgaard J. Safety and Effects of Football in Skeletal Metastatic Prostate Cancer: a Subgroup Analysis of the FC Prostate Community Randomised Controlled Trial. Sports Med Open. 2021 Apr 20;7(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s40798-021-00318-6. PMID 33877496
- DERIVEDBjerre ED, Petersen TH, Jorgensen AB, Johansen C, Krustrup P, Langdahl B, Poulsen MH, Madsen SS, Ostergren PB, Borre M, Rorth M, Brasso K, Midtgaard J. Community-based football in men with prostate cancer: 1-year follow-up on a pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2019 Oct 1;16(10):e1002936. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002936. eCollection 2019 Oct. PMID 31574097
- DERIVEDBjerre ED, Brasso K, Jorgensen AB, Petersen TH, Eriksen AR, Tolver A, Christensen JF, Poulsen MH, Madsen SS, Ostergren PB, Borre M, Krustrup P, Johansen C, Rorth M, Midtgaard J. Football Compared with Usual Care in Men with Prostate Cancer (FC Prostate Community Trial): A Pragmatic Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial. Sports Med. 2019 Jan;49(1):145-158. doi: 10.1007/s40279-018-1031-0. PMID 30506427