Women in Steady Exercise Research [Formerly Women, Oxidative Stress, Exercise and Estrogens (WOSEE)]
Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Obesity
In brief
RATIONALE: Exercising regularly may lower the risk of breast cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well exercise prevents breast cancer in healthy young women.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00393172
- Run by
- University of Minnesota
- People needed
- 400
- Starts
- 2006-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-11-01
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Healthy women
- Self-reported menstrual cycle length of 25-35 days within the past 2 months
- Nonsmoker
- Sedentary (exercise < 3 times weekly within the past 6 months)
- Intact ovaries and uterus
- No history of gynecological problems (e.g., fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome)
- Female
- Premenopausal
- Body mass index 18.5 to 40
- Stable weight (no changes ≥ 10% within the past year)
You may not qualify if…
- No pregnancy or breast feeding within the past 6 months
- No plans to become pregnant during study treatment
- No cancer within the past 5 years except for nonmelanoma skin cancers
- No medical condition that would prohibit participation in a vigorous program of weight-bearing aerobic exercise including, but not limited to, any of the following:
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Metabolic disorders
- Recent cardiovascular event
- Orthopedic limitations
- Psychiatric disorders requiring antipsychotic drugs
- No uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure [BP] > 160 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP > 99 mm Hg)
- No more than 7 alcoholic beverages per week
- No injected hormonal contraceptive use within the past year
- More than 6 months since prior use of intrauterine device
- More than 3 months since prior oral or patch hormone contraceptives
- No medication that would prohibit participation in a vigorous program of weight-bearing aerobic exercise
Where it is running
- University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus — Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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