Clinical trial · Interventional
HELP Prevent Cancer Pilot Study
Healthy Living Partnerships to Prevent Cancer (HELP PC) Pilot Study
NCT02960542CI-TRIAL-00045612HELP PCcompletedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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 study is designed to adapt a community-based diabetes prevention program to reach adults at risk for cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
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 | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Obesity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELP Prevent Cancer Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Lifestyle Weight Loss
- description
- The Behavioral: HELP Prevent Cancer Intervention is a lifestyle intervention consisting of 24-weekly group meetings led by a community health worker and 3 individual sessions with a nutritionist/diabetes educator
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: HELP Prevent Cancer Intervention
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Recruitment of 20 eligible study participants
- timeFrame
- 6 months
- description
- Develop and evaluate a feasible referral system to facilitate participant enrollment into the HELP PC intervention (measured by number screened and enrolled)
- measure
- Retention of study participants
- timeFrame
- 6 months
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * English Proficiency: Able to read/understand English at or above a level sufficient to comprehend recruitment and intervention materials. * Body Mass Index: BMI \> 25 kg/m2. Exclusion Criteria: * Weight Loss: Currently involved in a supervised program for weight loss. * Medications: Use of insulin or other diabetes medications that would require additional medical monitoring during weight-loss; use of medications for weight loss or that may impact weight or glucometabolic function (e.g. corticosteroids). * Recent History of Cardiovascular Disease: Clinical history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) occurring within the past 6 months, including myocardial infarction, angina, coronary revascularization, stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), carotid revascularization, peripheral arterial disease, and congestive heart failure. * Hypertension: Uncontrolled high blood pressure: BP \> 160/100. Persons can be re-screened after controlled. * Pregnancy: Pregnancy, breast feeding, or planning pregnancy within 1 year. * Other Chronic Conditions: Other chronic disease likely to limit lifespan to less than 2-3 years, including any cancer requiring treatment in past 5 years except non-melanoma skin cancer.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDWise Thomas S, Blackwell Young C, Zoellner J, Brock DP, Isom S, Vitolins M. Feasibility of an Adapted Community-Based Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Cancer in the Rural South: Healthy Living Partnerships to Prevent Cancer (HELP PC). J Cancer Educ. 2023 Apr;38(2):440-447. doi: 10.1007/s13187-022-02137-z. Epub 2022 Jan 25. PMID 35076863