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Brief Title: LEVEL UP: Video Games for Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors
Official Title: LEVEL UP: Leveraging Electronic Videogames for Exercise and Leisure: Understanding Preferences of Breast Cancer Survivors
Study ID: NCT02255240
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to test an intervention that uses home console video games to encourage increased physical activity among postmenopausal breast cancer survivors.
Detailed Description: This research project includes qualitative and quantitative formative research leading to a randomized controlled feasibility trial of a video game-based physical activity intervention. First, we will investigate exercise protocols implemented over 6 weeks in 20 breast cancer survivors. We will choose a console and six games for inclusion in the trial, based on measured energy expenditure and enjoyment. We will create refined exercise protocols using these games and insights from participants. Second, we will test an intervention that uses active video games for implementation of motivating exercise and provision of behavioral tools (e.g., tracking of progress towards goals). Participants in a pre-pilot trial (N = 10) will receive weekly brief telephone counseling over 6 weeks. Feasibility measurement will include attrition, self-reported acceptability, and objective measures of video game play taken from game console data.
Minimum Age: 45 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: Yes
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States
Name: Elizabeth J Lyons, PhD, MPH
Affiliation: University of Texas
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR