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Debunking the Frailty-sarcopenIa-ADT Axis in mEtastatic Prostate canceR With multiComponent Exercise: The FIERCE Trial

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About This Trial

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a 16-week supervised, clinic-based circuit training intervention utilizing resistance and functional exercises and self-directed aerobic exercise will improve frailty and sarcopenic status and disease progression outcomes among pre-frail/frail metastatic prostate cancer patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The names of the study intervention involved in this study is: • Supervised circuit training (aerobic and resistance exercise regimen)

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - Ability to understand and the willingness to sign willing to sign a consent form prior to any study-related procedures. - Diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. - Aged ≥18 years; due to the rarity of the disease in those \<18 years, this age bracket will not be included. - Have been receiving androgen deprivation (either with or without androgen receptor targeted treatment) for at least one month and expect to remain on their treatment for at least 4 months. - Are pre-frail or frail as indicated by the FRAIL scale (a score of 1-2 = pre-frail; 3-5 = frail). - Have physician's clearance to participate in exercise. - Speak English. - Participate in less than 2 structured resistance exercise sessions per week over the last 4 months. - Participate in less than or equal to 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise per week over the last month. - Willing to travel to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for necessary data collection and exercise sessions. Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Receiving chemotherapy. This study is exclusively targeting androgen deprivation therapy-related effects. - Have unstable bone lesions. In general patients with severely symptomatic/unstable bone lesions due to bone metastases are at a higher risk of fractures. - Complete 2 or more structured resistance exercise sessions per week over the last 4 months and participate in more than 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise per week over the last month. Excess additional exercise is a confounding factor in assessing the effect of the current exercise program. - Unstable comorbidities that prevent participation in moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise. Patients with unstable comorbidities likely require supervised exercise for safety, and part of this study involves unsupervised exercise; therefore, for safety reasons, these persons are excluded. ...See full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign informed consent prior to any study-related procedures. * Diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. * Aged ≥18 years; due to the rarity of the disease in those \<18 years, this age bracket will not be included. * Have been receiving androgen deprivation (either with or without androgen receptor targeted treatment) for at least one month and expect to remain on their treatment for at least 4 months. * Are pre-frail or frail as indicated by the FRAIL scale (a score of 1-2 = pre-frail; 3-5 = frail). * Have physician's clearance to participate in exercise. * Speak English. * Participate in less than 2 structured resistance exercise sessions per week over the last 4 months. * Participate in less than or equal to 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise per week over the last month. * Willing to travel to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for necessary data collection and exercise sessions. Exclusion Criteria: * Receiving chemotherapy. This study is exclusively targeting androgen deprivation therapy-related effects. * Have unstable bone lesions. In general patients with severely symptomatic/unstable bone lesions due to bone metastases are at a higher risk of fractures. * Complete 2 or more structured resistance exercise sessions per week over the last 4 months and participate in more than 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise per week over the last month. Excess additional exercise is a confounding factor in assessing the effect of the current exercise program. * Unstable comorbidities that prevent participation in moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise. Patients with unstable comorbidities likely require supervised exercise for safety, and part of this study involves unsupervised exercise; therefore, for safety reasons, these persons are excluded. * Patients receiving treatment for other active malignancies (except basal cell carcinoma). This study is exclusively targeting androgen deprivation therapy-related effects. * Subjects who in the opinion of the investigators may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study.

Treatments Being Tested

BEHAVIORAL

Supervised Circuit Training

16-week, multicomponent exercise intervention comprised of sessions supervised by certified exercise oncology trainer and home-based, self-directed aerobic exercises. Stationary bike and accelerometer (activity/heart rate monitor) will be provided.

Locations (3)

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States