Clinical trial · Interventional
Online Cancer-Related Fatigue Management
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Principal investigator left the unversity
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Many individuals who have had cancer experience functional limitations during and after their treatments. The most common side effect from cancer treatment that restricts cancer survivors' completion of daily activities is cancer-related fatigue. Here, we propose to investigate whether an interprofessional approach that targets physiologic, psychologic, and ecological factors will minimize cancer-related fatigue and enhance daily life participation for volunteer cancer survivors living in the community. The interprofessional team will include occupational therapy professor and students from Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), physical therapy and dietitian professors and their students from the University of Dayton, and instructional design instructor from EKU. The approach will include (1) individualized exercise programs-via physical therapy; (2) problem-solving strategies including modifying the environment or activity -via occupational therapy; (3) goal development via physical and occupational therapy; and (4) cancer-related fatigue education via instructional design. We hypothesize that this approach will result in participants experiencing less fatigue, increasing their mobility, improving their quality of life, and being more satisfied with how they perform daily activities.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Fatigue management
- description
- Prescribed exercises by Physical Therapy Problem-Solving Sessions to resume activities that ther person needs to do, wants to do or is expected to do. Four online educational modules: What is Cancer-Related Fatigue? Nutrition, Sleep Hygiene and Exercise
- interventionNames
- Other: Rehabilitation
Primary outcomes (4)
- measure
- Change in Fatiue Level: Brief Fatigue Inventory
- timeFrame
- Change from Baseline measure at 4 weeks
- description
- This 9-item scale assesses the severity and interference of fatigue on a 0 (no fatigue) to 10 (greatest fatigue) scale
- measure
- Change in Fatiue Level: Brief Fatigue Inventory
- timeFrame
- Change from 4 week measure at 8 weeks
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 70 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Completed treatment for a cancer diagnosis within 5 years of enrollment * Access to mobile device or computer * Basic computer or mobile device skills * Experience a significant level of fatigue defined as \>= 4 on 0-10 scale using the One-item Fatigue Scale. Exclusion Criteria: * Currently undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment * Unwilling to participate in an exercise program * Have metastatic cancer (Stage 4) * Do not have physician consent to participate in the exercise program * Unable to follow verbal or written assessment instructions * Non-English speaking.
References
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