Motion Exergaming for Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Management
This study is testing a personalized physical activity program called PAfitME for people with head and neck cancer. PAfitME uses motion exergames (like Nintendo Switch games) to help manage fatigue and musculoskeletal pain after cancer treatment. The program involves 7 weekly sessions over 6 weeks, including a home setup and personalized exercise plans. Researchers want to see if PAfitME helps reduce fatigue and pain, and improves your overall well-being, compared to a control group. You may be able to join if you are 18 or older, have head and neck cancer, can understand English, and are cleared by your doctor for low to moderate exercise. The study aims to enroll 150 participants, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study comparing the PAfitME program to an attention control group. It plans to enroll 150 participants.
- What's involved
- You would participate in a total of 7 weekly intervention sessions over 6 weeks. This includes a home setup, personalized exergame prescription, and practice.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your fatigue and musculoskeletal pain will be measured at the beginning of the study (Baseline) and again at Week 6.
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A Motion Exergaming Approach for Symptom Management: HNC
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Hsiao-Lan Wang, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Alabama at Birmingham
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Fatigue will be measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Short Form v1.0-Fatigue (NIH Common Data Elements [CDE]).Baseline and Week 6
In the PROMIS Short Form v1.0-Fatigue, the 6 items ask about fatigue status, including fatigue severity and fatigue distress in the past 7 days. The scale ranges from 1 to 5. The higher the score, the worse the symptom. The mean score of 6 items will be calculated in the analysis to test the changes from baseline to week 6.
- Musculoskeletal Pain will be measured by the PROMIS Short Form v.1.0-Pain Intensity (CDE).Baseline and Week 6
In the PROMIS Short Form v1.0-Pain, the 3 items ask about pain intensity in the past 7 days. The scale ranges from 1 to 5. The higher the score, the worse the symptom. The mean score of 3 items will be calculated in the analysis to test the changes from baseline to week 6.