NCT00548236Active, not recruiting
The Active After Cancer Trial (AACT)
Pilot Study of a Multicenter, Telephone-Based Exercise Intervention for Patients With Early-Stage Breast and Colorectal Cancer: The Active After Cancer Trial (AACT)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is being done to determine whether a telephone-based counseling intervention can help survivors of breast and colorectal cancer increase their weekly physical activity. Observational evidence suggests that physical activity after breast and colorectal cancer diagnosis decreases recurrence rates. Unfortunately, many people become less active during cancer therapy, and a substantial proportion never return to pre-diagnosis levels of physical activity. This study looks to see if people who have recently finished chemotherapy for breast, colon or rectal cancer can be motivated to increase their exercise by talking to an exercise specialist over the phone. The study also looks at changes in mood, fatigue, fitness, fat distribution and weight.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (actual)
- First submitted
- 22 Oct 2007
- Start date
- 1 Oct 2007
- Primary completion date
- 31 Mar 2009
- Lead sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Diseases
- Colorectal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT00548236
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 120
- From 1 Oct 2007 to the primary completion date, 31 Mar 2009
- 9 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Metastatic cancer
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness that would limit compliance with study requirements
Other
- Plans to have hip or knee replacement within a year
- Participation in more than 60 minutes a week of moderate-intensity recreational activity as assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form
- BMI \>47
Who the study is looking for
- Histologically confirmed stage I-III breast or colorectal cancer
- 18 years of age or older
- Completed adjuvant treatment(for current malignancy)
- Completion of all adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation (with the exception of adjuvant herceptin and/or tamoxifen/aromatase inhibitor therapy for breast cancer patients) between 2 and 36 months prior to enrollment
- Ability to speak and read English
- Willingness to be randomized
- Medical clearance from an oncologist or primary care physician stating the participant is able to participate in an unsupervised, moderate-intensity physical activity program
- No major surgery within 2 months of study enrollment or planned during study period
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (9)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Rosewell Park Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buffalo | United States | Unknown status |
| Vermont Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Burlington | United States | Unknown status |
| Ohio State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| New Hampshire Oncology Hematology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Concord | United States | Unknown status |
| Hematology Oncology Associates of Central New York Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | East Syracuse | United States | Unknown status |
| Lakes Regional Healthcare Hematology Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hooksett | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California at San Diego Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California San Francisco Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Unknown status |
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