Can exercise keep cancer away? new study tests the idea

NCT ID NCT04589468

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 18, 2026 · Updated 40 times

Summary

This study looks at whether aerobic exercise can lower ctDNA levels in the blood, which may help prevent cancer from returning. About 33 people who have been treated for high-risk breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer will try different amounts of weekly exercise to find the safest and most effective dose. The goal is to see if exercise can reduce the chance of cancer coming back.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

  • Natera, Inc. (Data or Specimen Analysis Only)

    San Carlos, California, 94070, United States

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer breast neoplasm colorectal cancer colorectal neoplasm Motor Activity prostate cancer

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.