DEUS pilot student study: Diet & Exercise in Uterine Cancer Survivors
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Randomised, Controlled, Pilot Clinical Trial to assess the feasibility of a healthy eating and physical activity program in endometrial cancer survivors
IRAS ID
170437
Contact name
Elizabeth Anne Lanceley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
UCL Data Protection Registration, Z6364106/2014/12/14
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 8 months, 0 days
Research summary
Womb cancer is the most common gynaecological cancer in developed countries with more than 75% of the patients surviving for at least five years. However, most womb cancer survivors are overweight and obese and do not meet the current nutrition and physical activity recommendations. This can lower their quality of life and increase their risk for chronic diseases. Behaviour change interventions can help them feel better about themselves and improve their quality of life. Applying them shortly after treatment seems ideal as cancer survivors feel motivated to make changes about their lifestyle at this time point.
Working with the charity Weight Concern, we developed a lifestyle programme (Shape Up) to help people improve their diet, activity pattern, and, manage their weight. A version of Shape Up for the general population is widely used in the UK. We asked endometrial cancer survivors for feedback on the original version of Shape Up and received positive feedback. This study is to see if we can design a project to measure how well "Shape Up for Cancer Survivors" works. 64 womb cancer survivors diagnosed during the previous three years, and are all clear will be put by chance into one of two groups. One will receive the Shape-Up program. The other will receive usual care until the end of the trial and, then, a discussion and a self-help guide about eating well and being active following cancer treatment. This will help us to see if the Shape-Up makes a difference compared with usual care. The results will inform a larger study to test if a lifestyle program can improve the quality of life of uterine cancer survivors compared with usual care. We will change the Shape Up materials in response to our findings, making them available to services. The results will inform practice and research.
REC name
London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/0154
Date of REC Opinion
17 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion