Group exercise classes for adults with cancer living in rural areas
Tests group exercise classes for rural and remote adults who have had cancer.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Calgary
- Where
- Calgary, Edmonton, and Halifax, CanadaSee the 3 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- EXCEL: Exercise for Cancer to Enhance Living Well
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 1,500 people, planned
- Started
- 2 Sept 2020
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Group Exercise Classes
- Record updated
- 31 March 2022
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with cancer who can do mild exercise. They can be about to start, in, or recently done with cancer treatment. They join community or online exercise programs.
- Age
- Over 18 years (the record lists 18 to 100 years).
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Any diagnosis of cancer. The record does not name a stage.
- Earlier treatment
- The person is about to have cancer treatment, is having it now, or had it within the last 5 years.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Cannot read or write in English
- Cannot take part in exercise
- For online programs: no internet or computer access
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- have a diagnosis of cancer
- are over the age of 18 years
- are able to participate in mild levels of activity
- are about to have treatment, are currently having treatment, or have had cancer treatment within the last 5 years
- can read/write in English
- can access online programs, if necessary, to participate in the exercise programs
Who cannot take part
- unable to read/write in English
- are unable to participate in exercise
- for online programs, do not have internet or computer access
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 100 years old?
Where in Canada
- Health and Wellness Lab, University of CalgaryCalgary, CanadaContact: Nicole Culos-Reed, PhDTaking people
- University of AlbertaEdmonton, CanadaContact: Margaret L McNeely, PhDNot yet recruiting
- Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, CanadaContact: Melanie Keats, PhDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Project EXCEL will provide community or online exercise programs to rural and remote and under-served cancer survivors, as well as encourage participants to become life-long exercisers. Exercise is an evidence-based self-management strategy that benefits all cancer survivors. However, most cancer survivors who live in remote or rural places don't have adequate opportunities to be involved in exercise programs that are tailored to their needs.
The group in the trial
- InterventionTreatment being tested
All participants will be involved in group exercise classes, twice a week for 12 weeks.
Treatment: Group Exercise Classes
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Project EXCEL: Dissemination, Implementation, and Effectiveness of the Exercise Oncology Survivorship Partnership Model - Reaching Rural Cancer Survivors to Enhance Quality of Life
- Plain-language title
- Group exercise classes for adults with cancer living in rural areasGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT04478851, who can take part
- Record updated
- 31 March 2022