175
Participants
Start Date
February 8, 2012
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2026
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2026
Placebo
Capsules by mouth twice daily.
Methylphenidate
Starting dose 5 mg by mouth twice daily.
Counseling Sessions
8 weekly sessions (1 in person and 7 by telephone) lasting 45 minutes each.
Sham Exercise
Participants in placebo/sham exercise intervention meet with exercise physiologist in person on first visit to learn stretching exercises and receive written instructions same as those receiving exercise therapy.
Standardized Exercise Intervention Program
Resistance exercise sessions completed 3 days a week allowing at least 48 hours between each session, and walk minimum of 5 days a week at intensity and duration established by exercise physiologist.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
8 weekly sessions (1 in person and 7 by telephone) lasting 45 minutes each, during which review learned relaxation skills and taught new cognitive and/or behavioral skill.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
American Cancer Society, Inc.
OTHER
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
OTHER