Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|
• Adult men (age 19+) with pathologically confirmed prostate cancer who elected prostatectomy as their primary initial treatment. • Scheduled for prostatectomy at one of the participating study sites. • Potential lag-time between baseline (which had to be scheduled at least 2 weeks from prostatic biopsy) and follow-up appointments of at least 23 days a. • Overweight or obese, but not class III morbidly obese (BMI range 25 to ≤50 kg/m2). • Telephone access. | • Previous hormonal or neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. • Another active malignancy (exception non-melanoma skin cancer) in addition to prostate cancer. • Current health or medical condition that affects weight status, e.g., untreated hyper- or hypo-thyroidism, etc. • Pre-existing medical condition that precludes adherence to unsupervised exercise, e.g., severe orthopedic conditions, scheduled for a hip or knee replacement, boney metastases, paralysis, dementia, untreated stage 3 hypertension, or unstable angina, heart attack, congestive heart failure or conditions that dictated hospitalization or oxygen within 6-months. • Unable to read or speak English • Unwillingness to be randomized to either the immediate weight loss intervention or the wait-listed control arms. • Enrolled in a formal weight loss program. |