Behavioral Exercise Training to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Summary

To test the preliminary effectiveness of a home-based exercise training (ET) intervention to improve exercise capacity (VO2 peak \& 6-minute walk distance \[6MWD\]) among prostate cancer (PC) patients compared to controls receiving healthy living education (HLE) at 12 weeks.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Be diagnosed with stage II/III/IV prostate cancer
* Be currently undergoing treatment with ADT (intermittent or prolonged)
* Have completed local curative-intent treatment, including prostatectomy or definitive radiation;
* Be \>40 years of age up to 85;
* Be willing to sign an informed consent with HIPAA authorization form;
* Not have any hearing or sight impairments that result in the inability to use the telephone or hear normal conversation;
* Must be able to join an intervention group by personal computer, smartphone or telephone call and should agree to recording of an interview;
* Be without any serious medical condition that precludes safe participation in an exercise program;
* Speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

* Be unable to undergo MRI (i.e., ferromagnetic materials in body, inability to lie flat, claustrophobia);
* Have contraindications to exercise testing;
* Have pre-existing overt cardiovascular disease/heart failure;
* Active illness/infection;
* Hemoglobin \< 7.0 grams/dL
* Platelet count \< 10 x 109/L

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