Clinical trialNCT06435975CompletedInterventional

Physical Activity in Rectal Cancer Survivors

SponsorAbramson Cancer Center at Penn MedicineEnrollment20Rectal CancerRectosigmoid Cancer

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Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to test a telehealth-based personalized physical activity intervention in adult patients diagnosed with Stage I-III rectal cancer. The main question it aims to answer are how to better understand the experiences of rectal cancer survivors who are coping with bowel dysfunction and how physical activity can improve their quality of life. Participants will be asked to: 1. Complete surveys to assess bowel function and quality of life 2. Participate in 12 Telehealth Sessions (one session a week) to discuss and review bowel dysfunction 3. Perform daily physical activity

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Investigators

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Erica Pettke, MD, MPH, FACS
University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 1 Jun 2022
Primary completion: 6 Mar 2024
Completion: 6 Mar 2024
Last update posted: 30 May 2024
Registered enrollment: 20
Registry id: NCT06435975

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 11 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.