Clinical trial · Interventional
EXCEL-Punjabi: A Culturally Tailored Exercise Oncology Pilot Feasibility Intervention
EXCEL-Punjabi: Tailored Exercise Oncology for the South Asian Population
- 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)
The goal of this pilot feasibility study is to explore the feasibility and exploratory effects of a culturally-tailored exercise oncology intervention in Punjabi-speaking individuals of South Asian heritage and their support persons. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What is the feasibility and acceptability of the EXCEL-Punjabi intervention? 2. What are the exploratory effects (i.e., psychosocial and physical changes) before and after program delivery? Participants will take part in a 12-week exercise oncology intervention consisting of twice weekly hour long multimodal circuit-based exercise sessions. They will also complete questionnaires and functional fitness assessments pre- and post- intervention.
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 | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCEL-Punjabi | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- EXCEL-Punjabi
- description
- Culturally Tailored Exercise Oncology Intervention
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: EXCEL-Punjabi
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Measurement Completion
- timeFrame
- Baseline to the end of the intervention (12 weeks)
- description
- Participants who completed all pre- and post- questionnaires and functional assessments
Secondary outcomes (18)
- measure
- Referrals
- timeFrame
- Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks)
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Punjabi-speaking * Self-identified as being of South Asian heritage * over the age of 18 * pre-, post-, or currently receiving cancer treatment or a support person of an individual living with and beyond cancer * cleared to participate in, at minimum, mild intensity exercise by a Clinical Exercise Physiologist * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * under the age of 18 * not cleared to exercise by a Clinical Exercise Physiologist
References
Publications (16)
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