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A study looking at a walking programme for people who have cancer that has come back or spread to another part of the body (CanWalk)

Overview

Cancer types:

All cancer types

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This study looked at whether regular walking helped to improve how people with cancer felt physically and emotionally.

It was for people who had a cancer that came back (recurrent cancer) or had spread to another part of their body (metastatic cancer).

This study was open between April and November 2014.

These results were published in 2017.

Recruitment start: 1 April 2014

Recruitment end: 30 October 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Jo Armes

Supported by

Dimbleby Cancer Care

King's College London

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 19 Jun 2019

CRUK internal database number: 11970

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