
"Health wise I am feeling great. I am a big supporter of trials - it allows new treatments and drugs to be brought in.”
Please note - this trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.
This trial is looking at exercise as a treatment for men with prostate cancer. The trial is for men with prostate cancer that is completely contained in the prostate gland (localised prostate cancer). This trial is supported by Cancer Research UK.
We know from research that exercise can improve your fitness, strength, overall health and quality of life. It may also slow down the growth of cancer.
This is a feasibility study. The researchers want to find out if it is possible to do a trial comparing men who have prostate cancer and follow an exercise programme with men who don’t. They want to find out
You may be able to join this trial if all of the following apply. You
You cannot join this trial if any of these apply. You
This is a feasibility study. The researchers need 50 men to join.
It is a randomised trial. The people taking part are put into treatment groups by a computer. Neither you nor your doctor will be able to decide which group you are in.
All the men taking part will have their cancer closely monitored (active surveillance) by their doctor.
Men who have an exercise plan created for them will go to a training session twice a week for a year. This can be during a week day or evening. You will also need to follow an exercise plan at home in your own time. Every 2 months they will also give you advice and support about how to change your behaviour. This may be done at your exercise sessions or over the phone.
The physical activity pack given to the other men will tell them generally about exercise for people living with and beyond cancer.
The researchers will collect a sample of your spit (saliva), by asking you to spit into a small test tube. They will use this to look at the .
The trial team will ask you to fill out a questionnaire before you start treatment, at 3 months, 6 months and at the end of the study. The questionnaire will ask about your exercise and diet habits as well as how you are generally.
At the end of the trial, the researchers want to interview about 10 to 15 men. They want to find out why they took part and their overall experience of taking part in the trial. You don’t have to agree to this if you don’t want to. You can still take part in the main trial.
You see the doctor to have some tests before taking part. These tests include
You see the doctor again at 3 months, 6 months and a year for the same tests.
If you are going to the interview at the end of the trial, it will take place at Sheffield Hallam University.
The trial team don’t expect there to be any side effects from taking part.
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Dr Liam Bourke
Cancer Research UK
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/13/071.
If you have questions about the trial please contact our cancer information nurses
Freephone 0808 800 4040
"Health wise I am feeling great. I am a big supporter of trials - it allows new treatments and drugs to be brought in.”