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Immediate Gardening Intervention for Cancer Survivors

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Waitlist Available
Led By Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline to 2 years
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether a gardening intervention can help improve the health of older cancer survivors. If it is effective, it could be easily disseminated nationwide.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline to 2 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline to 2 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Percent of subjects in each group at year 1 who meet ALL 3 of 3 of the following goals: Physical performance tests, plasma α-carotene, and accelerometry-measured physical exam
Secondary outcome measures
Mean IL-6 and TNF alpha score in each arm
Mean Physical Functioning (SF36 physical function subscale) score in each group
Mean Quality of Life (SF36) score at 2 years
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: Immediate Gardening InterventionActive Control1 Intervention
Wait-listed, will receive the gardening intervention after a 1-year period
Group II: Delayed Gardening InterventionActive Control1 Intervention
Individuals in this group will serve as their own control

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Alabama at BirminghamLead Sponsor
1,588 Previous Clinical Trials
2,279,931 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Cancer Survivors
1,499 Patients Enrolled for Cancer Survivors
National Cancer Institute (NCI)NIH
13,660 Previous Clinical Trials
40,923,891 Total Patients Enrolled
70 Trials studying Cancer Survivors
17,170 Patients Enrolled for Cancer Survivors
Auburn UniversityOTHER
72 Previous Clinical Trials
14,024 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal
Detailed Methods of Two Home-based Vegetable Gardening Intervention Trials to Improve Diet, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life in Two Different Populations of Cancer Survivors
Cases, Mallory G., Andrew D. Frugé, Jennifer F. De Los Santos, Julie L. Locher, Alan B. Cantor, Kerry P. Smith, Tony A. Glover, et al.. 2016. “Detailed Methods of Two Home-based Vegetable Gardening Intervention Trials to Improve Diet, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life in Two Different Populations of Cancer Survivors”. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2016.08.014.
Journal of Cancer SurvivorshipJournal
A Comparison of Two Mail-based Strategies to Recruit Older Cancer Survivors into a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lifestyle Intervention
Warnock, Amelia C., Harleen Kaur, J. Ryan Buckman, Teri Hoenemeyer, and Wendy Demark-Wahnefried. 2021. “A Comparison of Two Mail-based Strategies to Recruit Older Cancer Survivors into a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lifestyle Intervention”. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s11764-021-01091-x.
Acta OncologicaJournal
Harvest for Health Gardening Intervention Feasibility Study in Cancer Survivors
Blair, Cindy K., Avi Madan-Swain, Julie L. Locher, Renee A. Desmond, Jennifer de Los Santos, Olivia Affuso, Tony Glover, et al.. 2013. “Harvest for Health Gardening Intervention Feasibility Study in Cancer Survivors”. Acta Oncologica. Informa UK Limited. doi:10.3109/0284186x.2013.770165.
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsJournal
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Vegetable Gardening Intervention Among Older Cancer Survivors Shows Feasibility, Satisfaction, and Promise in Improving Vegetable and Fruit Consumption, Reassurance of Worth, and the Trajectory of Central Adiposity
Demark-Wahnefried, Wendy, Mallory G. Cases, Alan B. Cantor, Andrew D. Frugé, Kerry P. Smith, Julie Locher, Harvey J. Cohen, et al.. 2018. “Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Vegetable Gardening Intervention Among Older Cancer Survivors Shows Feasibility, Satisfaction, and Promise in Improving Vegetable and Fruit Consumption, Reassurance of Worth, and the Trajectory of Central Adiposity”. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2017.11.001.
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