Golf Recreational Exercise for Enhanced Survivorship in Prostate Cancer Survivors (GREENS)

University of Southern California

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Stage I Prostate Cancer American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) v8

Locally Advanced Prostate Carcinoma

Localized Prostate Carcinoma

Stage III Prostate Cancer AJCC v8

Stage II Prostate Cancer AJCC v8

Treatments

Other: Interview

Other: Exercise Intervention

Procedure: Biospecimen Collection

Other: Physical Performance Testing

Procedure: Discussion

Other: Questionnaire Administration

Procedure: Physical Examination

Other: Recreational Therapy

Other: Medical Device Usage and Evaluation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT06500169

4P-23-4 (Other Identifier)

NCI-2023-09213 (Registry Identifier)

P30CA014089 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial evaluates a golf recreational exercise program for enhancing survivorship in underrepresented prostate cancer survivors. Golf is a multimodal recreational activity that requires participants to utilize all muscle groups to perform the golf swing, walk over hilly and uneven terrain, maintain balance during putting and squat-like tasks. Physical activity and exercise are beneficial to physical function, cognitive function, psychosocial health, and overall quality of life during prostate cancer survivorship. These aspects of health are impacted by prostate cancer treatment, especially androgen deprivation therapy. Additionally, supervised, group-based activity programs facilitate participation in physical activity. Researchers want to examine the changes in functional abilities, psychosocial health, and quality of life following participation in in a golf program designed for prostate cancer survivors.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To recruit, screen, and enroll prostate cancer survivors. II. To examine the safety, feasibility, and adherence, of the 10-week (wk) GREENS program.

III. To analyze the pre-post intervention data and examine the effects (assessed by Hedges g) of the program on:

IIIa. Physical capacity; IIIb. Psychosocial wellness; IIIc. Health, and; IIId. Cognition.

OUTLINE:

Patients participate in the golf training program composed of group sessions over 1-2 hours with a Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) professional two times per week for ten weeks. Training consists of complimentary/warm up exercises integrated with pelvic floor muscle training, golf instruction, golf practice, and golf play on a Par 3 public golf course. Patients also wear an activity tracker and undergo blood sample collection on the study.

After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 6 months.

Enrollment

20 estimated patients

Sex

Male

Ages

55 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

First time, primary diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa)
Currently receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and/or androgen receptor blocker) for more than 6 months
Older adult male: 55-85 years old
The ability to stand independently without external support
No or minimal golf experience (played < 5 times in the past 10 years)
English speaking

Exclusion criteria

Second cancer diagnosis (excluding non-invasive skin cancers) or bone metastases
Prostatectomy less than 6 months prior to study enrollment (prostatectomy is not a requirement for study entry)
Symptomatic cardiovascular disease, active angina, uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 160 or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) > 90, high resting pulse heart rate (HR) > 90), symptomatic orthostatic hypotension
Unstable asthma, exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD]
History of injury or orthopedic operation within the last 6 months
Movement disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease (PD) or other neurological disorders), hemiparesis or paraparesis
Severe vision or hearing problems

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

20 participants in 1 patient group

Supportive care (golf program)

Experimental group

Description:

Patients participate in the golf training program composed of group sessions over 1-2 hours with a PGA professional two times per week for ten weeks. Training consists of complimentary/warm up exercises integrated with pelvic floor muscle training, golf instruction, golf practice, and golf play on a Par 3 public golf course. Patients also wear an activity tracker and undergo blood sample collection on the study.

Treatment: