The purpose of this project is to evaluate the impact of a 16-week lifestyle program that promotes changes in eating and exercise patterns. The main questions the study will answer are: Do improvements in eating and exercise patterns lead to improved physical function, quality of life and blood biomarkers of biologial aging among individuals with multiple myeloma? Participants will complete study activities 3-4 times during the study. 1. In-person assessment to measure physical function, height/weight, body composition, and includes a blood draw 2. Surveys completed online or on paper at home
The study uses a randomized, waitlist control design. Following baseline data collection, participants will be randomized to either the immediate lifestyle intervention group or the waitlist control group. Those who are randomized to the waitlist control group will receive the intervention after the 16-week data collection time point.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
184
16-session intervention that facilitates changes in nutrition and physical activity behaviors to promote improvements in physical function, Patient Reported Outcomes, body composition and general health
Participants will be asked to maintain their behavior over the 16 week waitlist period and will receive weekly text message relating positive messages unrelated to lifestyle
Loyola University Chicago
Maywood, Illinois, United States
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Examine the efficacy of the intervention in producing post-intervention changes in performance-based physical function
Changes in performance-based physical function between the interventional and control groups will be measured using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), which comprises a 4-meter walk test to assess gait speed, sit-to-stand test to assess lower body strength, and standing balance tests to assess balance. Scoring for the SPPB ranges from 0 to 12; higher scores indicate higher function.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
Examine the efficacy of the intervention in producing post-intervention changes in patient-reported outcomes.
Changes in patient-reported outcomes between the interventional and control groups will be measured using: the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical function, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, ability to participate in social roles and activities, pain interference, pain intensity, satisfaction with social roles and activities, instrumental support, informational support, emotional support, companionship, cognitive function and social isolation. The PROMIS measures for this study will be used in a CAT Computer adaptive format.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
• Godin Leisure Physical Activity:
A tool querying about light, moderate, strenuous activities over 7-days and one item asking about strength training
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
• ASA 24-hour Dietary Recall (DR).
Supported by the National Cancer Institute's ASA24 and with administrative assistance, a minimum of 2 unannounced 24DR will be completed pre/post-intervention using the 5-pass dietary recall methodology.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
• Self-Efficacy for Eating and Exercise Behaviors:
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A validated tool consisting of 12 items to assess exercise self-efficacy and 20 items to assess healthy eating and exercise self-efficacy
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
Fruit and Vegetable Intake - objective measure
• Veggie meter- Participants will be asked to complete reflective spectroscopy using the Veggie Meter; a device that non-invasively measures the level of carotenoid pigments in the skin.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
Outcome Expectancy.
• Measures positive and negative outcome expectations ("I would sleep more soundly if I exercised regularly"; "Regular exercise would increase my pain.") Higher scores indicate greater positive or negative outcome expectations.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
Resilience
• The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) is a psychological measure designed to quantify a person's ability to 'bounce back' or recover from stressful events or trauma
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
Body composition
• DEXA imaging is a 10-minute, noninvasive technique that provides precise whole-body measures of fat (total and visceral) and lean mass. Certified DXA technologists will perform and analyze whole body measures using the same machine for each participant at each time point)
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
Objective Physical Activity. (ActivPal):
• Participants wear this device on the right thigh, held on by a Tegaderm patch to measure PA and sedentary time. Data are downloaded using ActiLife software and will be analyzed using recommended thresholds for moderate and vigorous PA.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48
Lipids and Glucose
Utilizing clinical resources at MCW or LUC phlebotomy will be performed by trained personnel to conduct fasting blood draws and blood processing according to standard procedures. Whole blood will be collected, allowed to clot for 20 mins, and centrifuged at 2,500 rpm for 20 mins. o Lipids (HDL, LDL, Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides) and glucose measures will be procured using the Choletech LDX (Abbott, Inc.)
Time frame: Baseline, Week 16, Week 32, Week 48