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Golf Recreational Exercise for Enhanced Survivorship in Prostate Cancer Survivors
NCT06500169 · University of Southern California
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Official title
Golf Recreational Exercise for Enhanced Survivorship in Prostate Cancer Survivors Undergoing Hormone Therapy (GREENS)
About this study
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.
Eligibility criteria
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
Study design
Enrollment target: 20 participants
Allocation: na
Masking: none
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2023-09-01
Estimated completion: 2027-09-01
Last updated: 2025-12-04
Interventions
Procedure: Biospecimen CollectionProcedure: DiscussionOther: Exercise InterventionOther: InterviewOther: Medical Device Usage and EvaluationProcedure: Physical ExaminationOther: Physical Performance TestingOther: Questionnaire AdministrationOther: Recreational Therapy
Primary outcomes
- • Enrollment rate (Up to 3 years)
- • Participant adherence to the program (Up to 3 years)
- • Cost of the program (Up to 3 years)
Sponsor
University of Southern California · other
With: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Contacts & investigators
ContactGarry Cai · contact · Guanrong@usc.edu · (323)442-3113
InvestigatorGeorge Salem, PhD · principal_investigator, University of Southern California
All locations (2)
Los Angeles General Medical CenterRecruiting
Los Angeles, California, United States
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer CenterRecruiting
Los Angeles, California, United States