Helping World Trade Center Cancer Survivors Increase Physical Activity

Effectiveness and Implementation of a Brief Motivational Intervention to Increase Physical Activity for World Trade Center Health Program Cancer Survivors

['FUNDING_R21'] · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · NIH-11174196

This project offers a brief motivational program to help World Trade Center Health Program cancer survivors become more physically active.

Quick facts

Phase['FUNDING_R21']
Study typeNih_funding
SexAll
SponsorSTATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK (nih funded)
Locations1 site (STONY BROOK, UNITED STATES)
Trial IDNIH-11174196 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this research studies

Many World Trade Center Health Program participants with cancer do not get enough physical activity, even though it can greatly improve fatigue and overall health. This project aims to provide a supportive program to help you start or keep up with physical activity. We will test a short motivational approach to see how well it works and how easily it can be included in regular care for cancer survivors from the World Trade Center community. This is a new effort to bring proven physical activity support directly to this specific group.

Who could benefit from this research

Good fit: Ideal candidates are World Trade Center Health Program participants who have cancer and are interested in increasing their physical activity.

Not a fit: Patients who are already highly physically active or those not part of the World Trade Center Health Program may not receive direct benefit from this specific intervention.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this program could help World Trade Center cancer survivors improve their energy levels and overall well-being through increased physical activity.

How similar studies have performed: While physical activity is known to benefit cancer patients, this is the first time a motivational intervention for physical activity is being tested specifically within the World Trade Center Health Program population.

Where this research is happening

STONY BROOK, UNITED STATES

Researchers

About this research

  1. This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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