Project LEAD: Promoting Health Among Populations With Early Stage Cancers
Project LEAD: Promoting Health Among Populations With Early Stage Cancers
RATIONALE: Telephone counseling by a nutritionist and a personal trainer may improve physical function and quality of life in patients who have early-stage breast cancer or prostate cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of a home-based, diet and exercise-based counseling program with that of a standard home-based counseling program in promoting health in patients who have early-stage breast cancer or prostate cancer.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
In both arms, counseling continues every 2 weeks for 6 months.
Patients are followed at 6 months.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 420 patients (210 per arm) will be accrued for this study.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Diagnosis of early-stage breast or prostate cancer within the past 18 months
Dietary and physical activity habits and baseline functional status that places patient at risk
Potentially able to increase physical activity and to follow a low-fat, plant-based diet
Hormone receptor status:
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
Sex:
Menopausal status:
Performance status:
Life expectancy:
Hematopoietic:
Hepatic:
Renal:
Other:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
Chemotherapy:
Endocrine therapy:
Radiotherapy:
Surgery: