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Watchful Living in Improving Quality of Life in Participants With Localized Prostate Cancer on Active Surveillance and Their Partners

Watchful Living: A Lifestyle Intervention for Black and Hispanic Prostate Cancer Patients and Their Partners

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03575832
Enrollment
64
Registered
2018-07-03
Start date
2018-01-25
Completion date
2028-12-31
Last updated
2026-08-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Stage IIA Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIB Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIC Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIA Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIB Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIC Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Stage II Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Stage I Prostate Cancer AJCC v8

Brief summary

This pilot trial studies how well Watchful Living works in improving quality of life in participants with prostate cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body who are on active surveillance and their partners. A social support lifestyle intervention (called Watchful Living) may help African American prostate cancer participants and their partners improve their quality of life, physical activity, diet, and inflammation.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the feasibility of recruiting and implementing a lifestyle intervention for prostate cancer patients and their partners. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a lifestyle intervention in improving diet, physical activity, physical fitness, partner's support, quality of life, and inflammation at the end of the study (month 6). II. To conduct a process evaluation of the lifestyle intervention. III. Explore participants' satisfaction, likes/dislikes, strengths, weaknesses, and areas of improvement regarding the program. OUTLINE: Participants receive an exercise plan and printed materials at baseline. Participants also receive 10 telephone coaching calls over 45-60 minutes weekly during month 1, every 2 weeks during month 2, and every month during months 3-6. Participants complete 2 nutrition counseling sessions before month 3.

Interventions

OTHERCounseling

Complete nutrition counseling sessions

OTHERInformational Intervention

Receive an exercise plan and printed materials

OTHERQuality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

OTHERQuestionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

BEHAVIORALTelephone-Based Intervention

Receive telephone coaching calls

Sponsors

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Self-identify as black or African American or Hispanic (patient) * Be greater than 18 years of age (patient and spouse or intimate partner) * Have 0-III stage prostate cancer (patient) * If treated, have completed therapy (e.g., surgery, chemo and/or radiation) (patient) * Enroll with a spouse or intimate partner (patient) * Do not meet physical activity recommendation (i.e., 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week) (patient and spouse or intimate partner) * Be ready and able to be physically active, as determined by a physician (letter from a physician or nurse practitioner) (patient and spouse or intimate partner) * Not participate in another physical activity, diet, or lifestyle program (patient) * Have a valid home address and telephone number (patient) * Internet access at home or other location (e.g., work, church, library, community center, etc.) (spouse or intimate partner) * Patients on active surveillance will be included

Exclusion criteria

* They have an active noncutaneous malignancy at any site (patient) * Had prior radiation therapy for treatment of the primary tumor (patient) * Have planned concomitant immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy during the study period (patient) * Are enrolled in another active surveillance protocol (patient) * Participated in formative focus groups for this study (patient and spouse or intimate partner)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Recruitment and retentionUp to 8 monthsRates of study eligibility, recruitment, and retention will be assessed. Will maintain detailed information during the recruitment process regarding numbers of patients and their partners interested, eligible, ineligible (and reasons for ineligibility), and enrolled (and reasons for choosing not to enroll if deemed eligible). Will calculate rates of study eligibility, recruitment, and retention, along with 90% confidence intervals (CIs). Participant feedback will be summarized using means and standard deviations (SDs), along with graphical display (e.g., box plots). Will also assess reasons for withdrawal from study among those that chose to withdraw. Will examine the differences between dropout and non-dropout group at each time point by demographic factors such as age, gender, marital status, education, and income.
Intervention adherenceUp to 8 monthsThe intervention adherence rate for each dyad is defined as the proportion of intervention sessions completed by both the patient and partner. Will also look at percentage of both patient and partner completing a minimum of 7 out of 10 coaching calls and both nutrition counseling sessions.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Surveillance lifestyleUp to 8 monthsWill report means, standard deviations, and distributions of survey measures (including pre-post changes of these measures, as appropriate) for ceiling/floor effects and restrictions in range. Outcome measures will be treated as continuous variables. Linear mixed models will be used when combined data from both patients and partners are analyzed due to their correlation within couples. Two-sided statistical tests will be performed, and the significance level for each test will be set at 0.05 without adjustment for multiple testing. All results from the statistical tests will be interpreted as hypothesis generating rather than conclusive findings. Will also perform paired t-tests to compare efficacy outcomes of interest between baseline and post intervention separately for patients and partners.
Elements of the intervention that were successful and/or need improvementsUp to 8 monthsWill conduct focus groups with a subsample of patient-partner dyads. Questions will address participants' experiences; thoughts about strengths, weaknesses, and needed improvements; perceptions about outcomes and impact; and overall reactions to and satisfaction with the intervention.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORLorna McNeill

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 12, 2026